I hope every one of my friends who is depressed, or knows someone who is depressed, takes heed of the last section of this post.
Since I could remember, writing has always been a liberating experience for me. It has gotten me away from the harsh realities of my current situation. Growing up wasn’t easy, but I see now that those experiences are guiding me to where I am supposed to be and who I am supposed to be. Without the joys of writing, I wouldn’t have made it out alive. As a small child without a voice, I was able to use my ability to transform characters into letters, letters into words, words into feelings, to give me the chance to dance, sing, and dream.
Depression has the ability to take away what you love the most. Its desire to feed on your negative energy is insatiable. I will admit for a long time, I allowed depression to convince me that writing was something I wasn’t good at and that it wasn’t a goal…
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Thank you so much for the reblog! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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My honour, precious soul!
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Art, music, writing…anything creative—these are great tools when living with depression.
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I agree wholeheartedly!
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Thank you Gary for sharing that. Even for me writing has helped me to get in touch with my feeling of negative emotions that come my way.
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Any way I can help is golden. My dearest friend just lost someone close to her, so it’s huge in my world.
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An interesting post! I’ll have to go visiting and see more of her writing!
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stunning picture… it puts such a tenderness on her words
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