What is Depression?

For someone who has depression, its hard, because we just need to force ourselves harder to do the things that we need to do. We are not alone and it can be conquered, and each person heals differently. One day the stigma will go and we can be able to talk more about it like the way we can talk about cancer. With depression, we just got to take it "inch by inch...one shaky step at a time" Edgar Allan Poe.

What is depression?

There are different types of depression from mild to severe, but either way, we can conquer it...

Sometimes we feel that we cannot even wake up, because we don’t have that energy to get out of bed, it is okay, we just need to push ourselves to get up and go on with our day, taking one thing at a time and creating small goals for that day....

Sometimes we wonder if anyone really understands because you cannot snap out of it, but only through educating the people around us, they will get a better understanding on what it is about...

Sometimes we feel that there is a dark cloud over us and we cannot get out of it, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, not to worry, everything will work itself out...

Sometimes we feel that our moods are off and don’t understand why, because we just want to cry, but the week is going great, that is okay, having a good cry can relieve it, and help you, don’t keep anything inside...

Sometimes we just don’t want to do anything, that is okay, it is okay to have a day of nothing and just watching movies all day, you are treating yourself to a quiet and relaxing day...

Sometimes we will have negative thoughts, but that is our negative self-talk that we are used to, we must turn it around by learning positive self-talk, it is not easy at first, but it does get easier with practice...

Sometimes we just feel tired all the time, just doing something physical will help make us feel better...

Sometimes we just want to talk to someone who gets it, going to support groups or seeing a therapist to help us through those problems gives us relief and a reminder that we are okay...

Sometimes it can be a chemical imbalance, and medication regulates the chemicals in order to have a productive life, but we must learn the tools to get through the depression itself, because medication won’t solve the depression...

Sometimes we feel that we have failed because it came back, but it is a relapse, it happens to the best of us, and it is nothing to be ashamed of...

And finally...

Sometimes we feel alone, but really we are not alone, depression is a mental illness, and so, we must strive to get through, and teach people that it is not a stigma, but it is as regular as someone having diabetes, heart disease etc..., we must learn the tools to get through it and live our lives happily...

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