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Depression doesn’t care if everything is going well in life. It doesn’t matter if you have great friends, a stable job, a strong relationship with your partner. That all means nothing in the face of the abyss.
Needless to say, depression isn’t much of a choice. It’s different for everyone, and often we can’t face it alone -- and it’s why we’re scared to ask for help. My story is unfortunately all too common. I was one of the lucky ones. I asked for help when I knew I couldn’t control who I was anymore.
The scariest thing about depression is that it’s you. It’s an illness inside your head that is as real as you and me. The moment I took it all in, that moment that I accepted help and realized what I had become, that was the moment the healing could start.