TRUTH
Have you ever felt alone? Really and truly alone? That's how depression feels. It feels like drowning. Like being trapped in a whirlpool of your own emotions with no way of escape. Now add anxiety to that. Second guessing every. little. thing. you. do. Then feeling hopeless. Like falling into a bottomless pit. Slipping in the darkness. Falling. But never landing. Sensory deprivation. Numbness. Blinded. You try to focus on other things. The happy. The positive. Wanting to be free of the darkness. But once alone, The monsters come. They taunt with thoughts of Failure. Inadequacy. And despair. Heart wrenching. Viewing the happiness of others. They make it seem so easy. Fighting for your life to obtain that same happiness. Exhaustion. Repeat. What I have highlighted with my words are the 'hard parts' of having depression and anxiety. There are varying degrees, of course, but this is some of w...