#Repost @paloma_annalyssa with @repostapp ・・・ If someone is opening up about their mental illness and you say snap out of it, that makes someone feel like maybe they should be able to just get over it. If you look at other illnesses you see how different they get treated. People don't talk about mental illness because of stigmas. People would rather not say anything because they feel people won't understand, they will judge them, they feel shame. You know a daily struggle with your mind is not an easy battle, I wouldn't be talking about it but there is nothing like experiencing being depressed. I constantly felt shame because of how I was feeling. I had thoughts people would be better off without me. It's nothing like going through it, I know what it's like to feel a burden, to feel like you are not important to others, I know what it's like to not be able to sleep because thoughts at night told me I'm not good enough, I remember crying all the time, I felt so alone but I continued to isolate myself from people I cared about. I felt I absolutely had no reason for being here and I hated myself. I remember opening up to someone awhile back and trusting them with my feelings I remember hearing you are choosing to feel the way you do. I didn't feel like there was a choice I didn't like myself and it made me sad. I'm saying all this to tell you that you aren't alone in this I've been there before and I'm not saying this for sympathy its just good to hear from someone that people struggle with exactly what you struggle with. People need to stop saying things like stop throwing that pity party for yourself, snap out of it, it's all in your head, people are worse off, just be happy. Stop devaluing the feelings or the pain of another person you have never felt. Stop using stigmas. And I know that you are struggling tonight, but don't think that other people tonight are not struggling in the way you have been. You are not alone. Feel free to say you are struggling, take a deep breath it's okay. <3 #abouttogetreal #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #dontstrugglealone #depressionawareness #stopstigma #youarenotalone #mentalhealthdaily #fightingmentalillness #stay
