DEPRESSION: A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. Possible causes include a combination of biological, psychological, and social sources of distress. Increasingly, research suggests these factors may cause changes in brain function, including altered activity of certain neural circuits in the brain. Suffering from chronic depression is debilitating, devastating, draining, and most importantly, SO VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN. Depression is underrated as a valid disease and often dismissed as a diagnosis worthy of attention from friends and family. I KNOW. I have been clinically depressed most of my adult life. The loss of my mom ( #beverlysstory ) was especially difficult due to the fact that she was actually the only person that understood, dealt with , and nurtured my illness. Many people don't like to admit that depression is a very valid condition. One that left untreated can lead to so many other conditions. Such as alcoholism, addiction, suicide (#killsuicide), and more severe mental health issues. My family has suffered a great deal of loss in a relatively short period of time. Each of us has coped with the grief in different ways. However, my story is my story. #phoenix Covid19, my grandmother passing and being single took a toll on my mental health. If you know me personally, then you know I am a woman that NEVER GIVES UP! AND I don't plan on starting now... When I heard @nas & DJ Khaled - 27 Summers, I thought that's exactly how much time I was supposed to spend in the Federal Penitentiary. BUT I DIDN'T! GOD saw fit to change my destiny. He gave me a third, fourth and fifth chance. I am the PHOENIX. AND out of the fire I WILL rise. I am healthy, financially stable, a champion of a great cause and growing spiritually. Depression has no home here. If you are suffering from depression, having ideologies of suicide, feeling hopeless or not sure of what is happening with you, please know that you are not alone. Give yourself a break. Embrace your mental health make your diagnosis your #SUPERPOWERS Thanks @tarajiphenson (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMi11-Cl6QC/?igshid=eo3goty389l