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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Fighting off Depression


What is depression?
Well of course there's the plain old emotion. The feeling of sadness and desolation.
Then there's the disease.
Depression is by far one of the worst diseases to have. Because it's a mental sickness, your mind can distort things to be so much worse than they are - and that's what makes it really bad. The mistake so many people make is letting their depression define them.
I have depression.
That doesn't mean that my depression is my defining feature.
Depression is not one of the things that makes me who I am.
Loyalty to my friends, my love of music, the love that I feel for my family - these are the things that define me. And that's only a few. Fighting depression is hard, and at times I am overwhelmed by sadness, or numbness to joy. But like every other challenge in life depression can be overcome. You just have to push yourself.
I love my friends. Every single one of them. 
Even when I feel awful I push myself to go out, to see them. And it helps - it helps so much.


 No matter how bad I feel - seeing my friends always cheers me up. And I make the best memories. I take my camera with me everywhere now. Why? To see the beauty in everything. I tend not to acknowledge how great the things around me are, and taking pictures everywhere I go has really helped me see how beautiful the things around me are - and how much I have to appreciate. 


I had the best time just catching up with my friends.


And, of course, adorable kids always light up the world.



The moral?
Push yourself. Do the things you love.
Even if you're not "in the mood" do it. Depression is an everyday battle. 
You can win it.

x x

Remember you are worth it, and you do deserve happiness.

(twitter)


1 comment

  1. I have depression and I can relate to this post on so many levels. There are a lot of days were I have no interest in going out, but when I do I feel better, even if it's just a little.

    xoxo Lex // LexMeetsWorld

    ReplyDelete

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Fighting off Depression


What is depression?
Well of course there's the plain old emotion. The feeling of sadness and desolation.
Then there's the disease.
Depression is by far one of the worst diseases to have. Because it's a mental sickness, your mind can distort things to be so much worse than they are - and that's what makes it really bad. The mistake so many people make is letting their depression define them.
I have depression.
That doesn't mean that my depression is my defining feature.
Depression is not one of the things that makes me who I am.
Loyalty to my friends, my love of music, the love that I feel for my family - these are the things that define me. And that's only a few. Fighting depression is hard, and at times I am overwhelmed by sadness, or numbness to joy. But like every other challenge in life depression can be overcome. You just have to push yourself.
I love my friends. Every single one of them. 
Even when I feel awful I push myself to go out, to see them. And it helps - it helps so much.


 No matter how bad I feel - seeing my friends always cheers me up. And I make the best memories. I take my camera with me everywhere now. Why? To see the beauty in everything. I tend not to acknowledge how great the things around me are, and taking pictures everywhere I go has really helped me see how beautiful the things around me are - and how much I have to appreciate. 


I had the best time just catching up with my friends.


And, of course, adorable kids always light up the world.



The moral?
Push yourself. Do the things you love.
Even if you're not "in the mood" do it. Depression is an everyday battle. 
You can win it.

x x

Remember you are worth it, and you do deserve happiness.

(twitter)


1 comment

  1. I have depression and I can relate to this post on so many levels. There are a lot of days were I have no interest in going out, but when I do I feel better, even if it's just a little.

    xoxo Lex // LexMeetsWorld

    ReplyDelete