I want to start a hashtag to help raise awareness for depression. With your help let's make the #YouAreNotAlone go viral. Let's show them they are not alone. Let's show them that they are loved and that you are willing to be there for them. By sharing the #YouAreNotAlone, you letting them know that they can confined in you. That they can trust you. Continue being the light.
I want to talk to each and everyone of you about depression from someone who suffers with depression on a daily basis. Many people may think that those who suffer with depression are just sad all the time and that's all they see. But sadness is not always the case, there's also loneliness, fear and anger. Depression is a mix of emotions that tugs on the hearts of those who suffers with it daily. From my experience depression for me is like being at Comic Con midst of all the crowds; midst of all the people you see as your friends and no one is saying hi to you. You feel like you're a ghost that everyone is seeing right through you. You want the world to see you, but all you are to the world is a ghost. It's a heavy feeling and each day it gets heavier and heavier until you can no longer breath. You feel the world, society's judgmental glare aimed at you. You feel as if someone is talking bad about you, even though they're not, they're not even talking about you at all. You begin to wonder if anyone would truly miss you if you're gone. If anyone would come to your funeral if you were dead. If the world would be better off if you were no longer here. That's when you start pondering suicide. That's what I feel on many occasions. I'm always feeling alone. I feel like the whole world is judging me. I want to reach out but I'm afraid, afraid that people might judge me even more. That people might accuse me of being weak. I want someone to acknowledge my existence. I want to know that I have a purpose in this world and that what I do is meaningful. But when it come to depression, you start believing in fear. You start believing that your life is pointless. You stop believing that everything is meaningful and that no one will reach out to you and no one will help you. Depression can be so severe, you can actually put yourself at risk for anxiety, panic attacks, even heart attacks. You could be putting so much weight on your self, on your heart that sometimes, many times actually, depression would lead to suicide. Even I've had my share of suicidal thoughts in the past, but I'm a fighter and no matter how I feel, I will always fight for my life. Because even during my darkest times, my darkest hours, in my deepest pit of despair, even I know that life is worth fighting for. But some people, they don't have that same feeling, that same encouragement and to them, death is the only way out. Death is the only Freedom they have. So that's why many people take their own lives. Maybe no one ever reached out to them. Maybe someone saw that person in despair and just walked right by thinking that person will fix their own problems. Perhaps they were in a hurry and never paid attention. Maybe they were too prideful of themselves. So instead of helping, each and every one of these people could've been a light, but they were only thinking of themselves, not of others. They had a choice to be a light and shine for someone who may need it, but they chose to turn away. They didn't let that light shine and believe it or not each and everyone of you can be a light. Even a spark in the darkest night can still cast light. So you have a choice in this matter, you can be a light in someone's life and help save them from fear and bring them out of that depression, or you can go on with your life, thinking only of yourself and not your fellow man. Each person with depression is a ticking time bomb and every minute that person is that much closer to taking their own life. So don't hesitate to talk to someone if you see them feeling down. Just don't talk to them one time. Let then know you really care and that they are are loved. Talk to them twice a week even, that way they know they have someone who actually cares. If you just talk to them once and that's it, that's not going to help them. They're gonna see that you don't really care about them. They're still going to feel alone. You can show them that life is worth fighting for, all you have to do is be the light. Depression is serious and it's always taking people away, it's always taking lives, but together we can conquer depression, we can conquer fear. So in a world full of Darkness, shine bright, brighter than the sun and the moon at night. Shine bright, because you are hope to someone who needs hope. You are love to someone seeking love. Shine bright for those who is fighting a losing battle, so they can be victorious. Shine bright and never let your light go out. Because all it takes is you doing what is right. Shine bright and be the light to those suffering in darkness, they are not alone.
I want to start a hashtag to help raise awareness for depression. With your help let's make the #YouAreNotAlone go viral. Let's show them they are not alone. Let's show them that they are loved and that you are willing to be there for them. By sharing the #YouAreNotAlone, you letting them know that they can confined in you. That they can trust you. Continue being the light.
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"There's light in every darkness, you just have to find it." AuthorA.M. Snow is a poet, photographer and in his own way, a philosopher and he is a strong devoted dedicated follower of Jesus Christ. BlogAdam's personal blog for all his randomness and poetic thoughts. Archives
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