What It’s Like To Be In Love When You Have Depression
“No one will love you until you learn to love yourself” is an easy enough phrase to believe is true. But it’s terrifying, especially when …
Anxiety/Depression
Depression Is Not the Same as Sadness
As our society grows and we are slowly beginning to destigmatize mental health, one of the most common and discussed mental illnesses is depression. And while …
To Those Who Don’t ‘Get’ Anxiety and Depression, Welcome to My Morning
Welcome to my morning. I have woken up. Already I can feel my palms are starting to sweat. There’s a possibility that means a panic …
What Overthinking Actually Is — Because It’s So Much More Than Worrying
Overthinking. It’s the nights I spend not sleeping as mistakes I’ve made in the past act as a plague to my mind. It’s worrying about …
I’m Depressed and Exhausted. All. The. Time.
For me, one of the harder aspects of living with depression is the fact that I am always exhausted. Nothing ever seems to quell the exhaustion. I try …
How to Love a Girl With Anxiety
Don’t baby her. Don’t look at her with a worrying gaze every time she reaches her hand out to you. She isn’t broken. She isn’t mental. …
What It Feels Like When Depression and Anxiety Clash
The fight between depression and anxiety is the fight between not caring at all and caring about everything at once. It is long, sorrowful, lonely sobs that attack in …
The Women Who Struggle With Anxiety Are Also The Strongest
She has been dealing with anxiety for some substantial time now and it certainly hasn’t been easy. The long has been rough and unfair; and …
Day and Night: Having Both Anxiety and Depression
Let’s just be honest here… nothing is more exhausting than arguing with your own brain every day, all day. Every single thought is like a …
I’m Sorry for the Things Anxiety Makes Me Do
I’m sorry for what my anxiety makes me do. And I want you to know it’s not me, it’s my anxiety. It’s not who I am fully, …