Growing up with depression is difficult enough as it is. Now add some anxiety in there with it and it's a nightmare. Especially when they hit at the same time.

Depression is wanting to go out with friends but not wanting to leave the house. Anxiety is feeling like something is always going to go wrong and you're always flodded with emotions.

Living with both is terrible. Sometimes you'll get sad or upset for no reason at all and you don't know what's wrong. Sometimes you will worry constantly about the little things. When both hit at the same time you feel trapped and all you want to do is lock yourself away and cry

Depression and anxiety is a mental illness. You can't just "stop being sad" or "stop worrying so much" it's easier said than done. A lot of people are on medications and for a majority of people it helps.

Now go too school with the depression. Everyone is always asking what's wrong and you can't tell them because you don't even know yourself. Or you want too enjoy pep rallies but at the same time you just want to sit down on the bleachers and pray it will end soon. That's not exactly how you want to spend your high school days. Is it?

Having to go to school with anxiety is terrible. You start worrying a week before school starts about finding a parking spot every morning, what you're going to wear on the first day, how you will do your hair, what if you're late to a class, what if you drop all your books or trip and fall. Everyday you are bombarded with these worries and some days they are so bad you don't even want to get out of bed.

Having depression comes with a lot of other obstacles besides being sad all the time. Some people experience suicidal thoughts and even attempts, there's also self harm and eating disorders

I know first hand what it's like to struggle with self harm. It's not that I wanted to hurt myself, it's that I wanted to distract myself from whatever was going on in my head.

Dealing with depression and anxiety on a daily basis is a constant battle with myself and I wouldn't have been able to deal with it this long if it weren't for some really great friends and family that are there for me through everything I encounter.

I just want to say I encourage anyone struggling with anxiety, depression, or any other problems you may have, to find someone you trust and talk to them. Sometimes holding on to things does more damage than letting it out. Anxiety makes it seem like no one will really care about your problems but I promise you someone will always care.