A New Name
I can be a man. I am a man, even if nobody else sees it.
Topic: healing
I can be a man. I am a man, even if nobody else sees it.
I don’t need to always see the light or carry this burden myself.
There’s no way to deny it—this year is different. As we welcome May and Mental Health Month, we’re not only addressing the very thing our work centers on, but there’s also talk about a pandemic, an uncertain future, and physical distancing.
With everything that is happening in the world right now, I feel my depression starting to resurface—it’s waking up with a vengeance as I physically isolate.
Right now, as the circumstances of life feel uncertain, as the metaphorical darkness seems to be growing, I find myself clinging to the firm reality of the sunrise.
Suppressing pain is an easy way to manage the agony in the moment, but the pain doesn't truly go away until it’s addressed.
These are the lies depression tells us: You don't matter. You're not good enough. You are hopeless. You are a burden.
We can’t control how or when grief comes, but we can control how we choose to respond.
Love can come from so many places.
It’s discouraging, being almost better but not quite there.
We are literally seeing people connect to the help that exists.
I’m afraid that this pain won’t ever go away.
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