My Life Existed, but I Wasn’t in It
Inside my home, there are journals filled with angry words and graphic thoughts detailing my spiral into madness while having…
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Inside my home, there are journals filled with angry words and graphic thoughts detailing my spiral into madness while having…
Continue ReadingTrigger warning: This post discusses suicide. I've called 988 before. It was actually a month ago, and it was my…
Continue ReadingTrigger warning: Discusses suicidal thoughts When you've lived with depression for as long as I have (20 years now), you…
Continue ReadingNumb. Sad. Defeated. Hopeless. When depression hits, it hits hard, trying to devour its latest victim. Depression feels like you’re…
Continue ReadingSmiling is easy to fake. Pretending to be cheerful doesn’t require any special skills. Giving the illusion of being a…
Continue ReadingA friend recently told me she couldn’t believe I battled depression because I seem so happy. I may have laughed.…
Continue ReadingThis is what depression looks like for me—hidden tears with a smile. This picture was taken when I was in…
Continue ReadingHe turns to me in the night, sobbing, asking to be held. He sits in our living room chair and…
Continue ReadingSeptember and October were given mostly to anxiety. By November depression had set in, but I didn't recognize it for…
Continue ReadingYou come home from work and find me in the kitchen. I'm pretending to do dishes, bent over the sink,…
Continue ReadingDear Husband, I see you struggling. Every day it’s the battle to get up followed by the battle to keep…
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