share your story - national depression awareness month
hello hello! as a part of national depression awareness month, this post is a place for you to share your stories! :)
each and every one of you can openly and safely share your stories and experiences with depression if you'd like to. we'd love to hear everything you have to say!
please feel free to write about anything you'd like relating to depression; you can post about your personal experiences, coping mechanisms you have tried or want to try, or things that make you or others happy!
I'm WhiteRoses25 and I deal with psychosis, mania, depression and anxiety. There are days when I am afraid and it causes me to be sad. But I put on my headphones and focus on something else. Tonight was one of those nights. The weird thing is I was crying one minute but when I left my bedroom and saw my dad my sadness was gone and I was smiling again. People in your life can make a huge difference. Never forget that love is a cure.
@WhiteRoses25
hi rose! thank you so much for taking part in this post and sharing your story <3 that's so strong of you and i'm so proud of you for doing so!
i'm so sorry to hear that you deal with psychosis, mania, depression and anxiety and that you have days when you are afraid and it causes you to be sad, however those are completely normal things to feel and you aren't alone! it makes me so happy that when you saw your dad, your sadness was gone and you were smiling. you're so right, the people we surround ourselves with can have a huge impact on our emotions and love can definitely be a cure! thank you so much for sharing, we're here for you and support you! <3
@EmmaE
hiii i wanted to say first that this is a lovely idea to spread awareness !! and i am thankful for how nice the communities are to host such events here and give importance to them !! moving to the topic now
I used to deal with depression and anxiety and now i can say that i have actually recovered, it was definitely hard to become who i am right now but it was a journey that I learned lot of things like self-love and acceptance of who i am and much more i hold it very close to me, i was surrounding myself with ones whom i love, and trying to be more positive and speak to others and it was hard for me to do these things at first since i had such thinking that i wasn't deserving of all this, but now i can proudly say that i am deserving for all this , I had my friends who really was there for me during difficult times and i am thankful to them and to the communities here too for speaking with me and making me feel better when i was down !!
@EmmaE
I suffer from manic depression and I can say for me I have some good days and some bad days. Some good weeks and bad times. I feel not a lot of people understand what it is to suffer from this. One thing I do not like is some telling me to get over it or this will pass, when in honesty are they sure it will?>
Depression is something I keep a journal for to monitor my days and see in the next few days after posting can I work on things that went wrong. Can I get myself in a better way and use my self help tool box to reach in and fix things.
I want those who suffer with me we are all here to help one anoother, you don't need to fight this alone.
