Topic: depression
You call and wait to be connected, and after that minute or so wait, you speak to an elder Black woman, elder because you can hear the age and timbre of her experienced voice, and hear her breath while you cry and sob and weep in public...
Although they saw it as just a skit, it was my life. My struggle.
Starting over means that you got up off the ground, dusted off your hands, and put yourself back on the path to where you want to go.
I approached my family doctor and for the first time I told her that my body was fine, but my mind was sick.
Sometimes I wonder still what would have happened if my mother and I had opened up to each other there in the kitchen. Could we have saved each other?
I totally get it. Anxiety sucks. Anxiety has the tendency to rob us of potentially rewarding moments in our lives.
We’re inspired by the fact that people view their birthdays as a chance to not only celebrate their own existence, but to ensure that others who are struggling will find the hope and help they deserve.
What you feel right now is real. It is not your fault. You can get help. In fact, I hope you do. Your people need you. This is not where it ends.
Depression has this really cunning plan to keep you lost in the woods. It wants to make you so comfortable with the towering trees and dark pathways that you sink into the mindset that you are never coming out. Don’t let depression have the honor of writing your narrative.
Today, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of Chester Bennington. But today as we mourn, may we also declare that we’ll keep going.
Shame must be silenced so we can love ourselves well and get on with life.
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