A letter to my depression.... [share your letter here]

Dear depression

I hate you but I love that you are a break from Anxiety. You are both obsessed with me and constantly fighting over who gets to control me. You are stronger than anxiety. Although anxiety is faster and far more cunning, I have always counted on you to rescue me from its clutches and force me to rest. Sometimes my body yearns for you just to get a break. I get it, you had a purpose and Im thankful for what youve done...

but heres the thing. Its time to let me go. Youve become too possessive and I need some space to breathe. I used to think you were protecting my family but youre hurting them too. You tell me I cant live without you but I am so much stronger than you give me credit for. You dont really care about me. You say youre trying to stop me from getting my heart broken but thats my choice to make not yours. You say you dont want me to miss out on anything but when Im with you I miss out on so many things.

I feel like in our complicated long term relationship its always been about what you can take from me. So if you care for me at all, take Anxiety off my hands and run away with her for good. I know you can do it. I am aware of how powerful you are. Dont worry about me, I have a feeling I will do just fine without you.

Heya Dee!

Lol last time I checked, we told each other not to see each other again, but here you are sneaking your way again. Lol foolish me, I thought you won't be back so I didn't prepare myself. After all, I'm as young as 20 and still have alot to experience in life. Huh, I guess you won't go away on your own will you? You know my weakness and I know yours but it seems like you have the upper hand for now.

Wait until I beat you back down and send you where you belong.

Dear Depression,I

've been trying so hard to find the right words to perfectly sum up what you are and what you stand for.I've been trying even harder to find ways to drive you and your band of misfits away from my cabinet.You are a parasite that has leeched itself to my brain and you're draining my life force like a broken car engine.You're this evil invisible entity that plagues and devours billions of minds because that is what your purpose is,that is what you stand for.You intangible piece of shit you don't know how many times I've wished for you to have a physical body so that I can beat you up in person,probably even kill you. You don't know how many times I've wished to just cease existing both in spirit and body but mostly you've made me feel like a piece of garbage and refrained me from living my life to the fullest.Sometimes I wonder what my life would be if I had never met you, I most probably would be in a much more better place than I am in now. You've just ruined my life you bitch.Tell your little sister Anxiety that she is a bitch too, tell her to stop giving me panic attacks from the middle of nowhere because that shit makes me want to stab myself right away to stop the unnecessary shaking and palpitation.Please tell your cousins to stop lurking around my ears and calling me names because that makes me feel even worse. Lastly I'd like to tell you guys to pack up and leave my mind therefore FUCK YOU and never come again.

Thank you

To depression(aka donald trump):

Thank You

Thank you for making me into a better person than I was before.

U WILL NEVER DEFEAT ME, FOR U HAVE MADE ME STRONGER THAN EVER.

But a small request: Please go die in a depression depression. It is where you belong, not me.

Bye forever in advance!

Moosepotato123

Depression:

I never thought you'd catch me. But you did. And I'm flipping you off for that. Wait... no. Instead, I'm going to not let you tell me to cut myself. I'm not going to let you hurt me anymore. You've done enough damage to me and my self esteem. It's time for you to go. Forever.

-CaliforniaGurl56

Hello, old friend. We've known each other for a good while now. Sometimes I'm not sure if you're real at all. Sometimes I thought you'd gone off far away, only for you to come back and strike me down with a force of impressive persistence. What are you? Am I you? Are you me? Are you the product of nature, or happenstance? Why... are you?

Depression,

We've been together now for so many years, I almost can't tell the difference between us. It's almost as though we have merged into one being. Even though a part of me knows we need to break up, because of our singular existance I'm worried I'd be less than a person without you. I'd be missing such a large part of myself if I pushed you away, and that void scares me so much that I'm knowingly clinging to you and your unhealthy habits. I hope with time we can drift apart and become separate again.

Dear Depression,

You have destroyed everything. Everything is bleak and dark and hopeless. It

Depression,

I never asked for your foolery. I never asked you to reduce my life to nothing. Neither of us will gain anything from this and yet you still persist. I am beyond tired of you and I dont know if I will ever escape your grasp.

Sincerely,

A tortured soul

Dear Depression

i want to thank you with all my heart and sincerity,
for without you i would still blindly stumble through the world.
Not appreciating and taking for granted all things that are important to me.
You showed me with your cold grip, how important my physical health
is to me and how fragile it is.
Through countless sleepless nights you put magnefiying glass
over my mind and spirit, the beautiful chaos of thoughts, emotiotions
and ideas that move me, and the reality of my values and ideals.
I want to thank you for allowing me to see how important my friends
and family are in my existence, cause they are the colour and song
of my inner life. And how it is my responsibility to create and fullfill
this part of life.
Without you i would never met the fine folks here, who shared so much
of their lifes with me, their pain, tears but also hopes and happiness.
thank you.
Without you i would never found the teachers who gave me much to think,
Ajahn Brahm, Eckhart Tolle, Jordan Peterson, Zach Anner and many , many more.
Those showed me that its my choice how much power i give you and how
i decide to feel.
I love you.