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Topic: depression
No One Brings Flowers When Your Brain Gets Sick
"Whether it was flowers or cards or casseroles, there would always be a visual sign of support when it was needed – except when it came to someone struggling with mental illness."
Please Stay
"If you need a sign, this is it—a flickering neon light, a billboard, a booming voice from heaven. This is your sign to stay."
When Depression Comes in Waves
"If you start to feel like you’re trapped in depression’s current, keep an eye on the shore. Remember that there is always a way back."
An Open Letter to Those Afraid of What Comes Next
"You can make it to the other side of this, to a place where you believe in hope even as you acknowledge your fear. That suffering you mentioned? It feels endless, but it is not."
A Response to the Suicide Note I Wrote 15 Years Ago
"You will not be leaving here in a body bag and certainly not by the fault of your own hand."
Don’t Apologize for Existing
"I didn’t realize how much I was doing it until my dad said, 'Stop apologizing for existing.'”
MANTRA TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION
"Repeat after me: I am worthy / I am worthy / I am neither the mistake nor the punishment."
Stories From the Road
Chad Moses recounts his "summer" on the road and shares some of the stories he carried with him.
When 3AM Finds You
"I am every good thing. I am whatever I choose to create within myself, and I choose to go after the light."
I Lived. I Lived. I Lived.
"You kept living. And there is absolutely nothing in this world that is more beautiful than that."
A Game of Chess
"In those moments, we have to ask ourselves: Do we surrender? Or do we keep playing in the hopes that we will somehow be able to make it out of it on top?"
