One of my friends – April – shared this beautiful post on Facebook, and it really resonated with me. The post April shared came from Kelsey Christenbury. It’s too great of a post not to share with my peeps.
This is what depression looks like.
It’s avoiding a sink full of dishes like it’s the plague, even though you hate looking at it.
It’s leaving clean laundry unfolded for days, even though no one has clothes left in their closets.
It’s watching your husband work twelve hour shifts and still come home and take care of the kids, because you are physically and mentally exhausted.
It’s watching your kids play and you want to be apart of it, but not being able to will yourself off of the couch.
It’s knowing that you have assignments due for your classes, but putting them off even though you know it’s going to hurt your grade.
It’s making commitments for things and then finding any excuse to get out of them.
It’s struggling just to get out of bed in the morning, but then struggling to go to bed at night.
It’s getting told you are lazy and don’t do anything, and wondering if maybe it’s true.
It’s hating yourself because you know you are not being the wife, mother, and friend you need to be.
It’s wanting to ask for help but not wanting the judgment.
It’s knowing that you are so incredibly blessed, but still lack the joy you used to have.
It’s going longer than you care to admit without a shower, but knowing how much it would help to relax in a bubble bath.
It’s saying you’re not hungry, just because you don’t have the energy to make yourself something to eat.
It’s eating everything you can get your hands on because it brings a brief moment of comfort, even though you know you’ll regret it later.
It’s feeling like a failure in every aspect of life.
It’s not being able to explain what’s going on in your own mind.
Depression isn’t just about being sad. It’s a debilitating and overwhelming sense of guilt, shame, exhaustion, lack of motivation, and emptiness.
We need to stop the stigma around mental illness. & check on your strong friends. They might be struggling more than you think.
Southern Creative Soul ~ Chaos 