you are lonely
but you are not alone
page 19 from home body
throughout my struggle with depression i had to learn that what i was enduring wasn’t unique to me. that i could share my experience with others because they would understand- even though every part of my mind said i was alone and no one would get it. the truth was others also knew this gloom. they had the same irrational thoughts running through their heads trying to convince them they’d never be free of this sickness.
of course those irrational thoughts weren’t rooted in truth. but what’s *true* and what’s *real*can be two different things and can exist at once. it is *true* that depression can be treated. but the feeling that it will be impossible to overcome is very *real*. i’ve had to learn how to have compassion for what’s real while keeping my mind on what’s true. a lot of the journey has been becoming self-aware enough to separate myself from my thoughts. because we aren’t our irrational fears and insecurities. we are people just trying their best at life.
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