Depression is:

Depression is waking up at 8am but not getting out bed until 6pm.

Depression is over eating and/or not eating for a few days.

Depression is laughing your head off at 3pm and praying for death at 12am.

Depression is not talking to anyone for days on end.

Depression is not showering for a week.

Depression is losing interest in things you used to care so dearly about.

Depression is always having the word “suicide” in your head even when you’re at your happiest.

And depression is trying so very hard to just be okay.

Depression is holding on. Depression is thinking of something that can just get you through one minute and then thinking of something to get you through the next and the next. 

Please don’t give up. We can do this together.