feeling okay for a moment and then feeling like you cannot stand to be alive two seconds later.
Depression is sitting on your bed for an hour staring at your closet trying to muster up enough energy to start your day.
Depression is knowing people love you but instead of providing comfort, this only brings you more pain.
Depression is barely getting assignments done with minimal effort because minimal effort is all you can do.
Depression is not caring what happens anymore, but when bad things happen as a result, you feel crushing guilt and shame for not doing more.
Depression is lying on the floor staring at your shoes for an hour because you cannot bear to sit up and re-enter reality.
Depression is feeling like your lungs are so heavy they cannot possibly keep breathing, so you have to consciously tell your body to inhale… exhale…
Depression is walking down the sidewalk and feeling like you absolutely cannot continue on, feeling like you will just collapse onto the pavement and never get up again.
Depression is heavy eyelids and fake smiles.
Depression is being sick of doing nothing, but not wanting to do anything at all.
Depression is wanting so badly to be dead and feeling enourmous guilt for that.
Depression is wanting to scream and cry and yell but when you open your mouth, nothing comes out.
Depression is having soul crushing nights that threaten to take your life and you almost let it, you want to let it.
But, depression is temporary.
Repeat after me: Depression is temporary. You are strong enough to fight through it and come out stronger on the other side. Reach out for help, you don’t have to do it alone. Please don’t do it alone.
