Lately, after admitting to needing help and getting help people seem to think that now I will be fine for the rest of my life with no other bumps in the road. That the battle is over. The reality is much different than what people seem to think.

To start I would like to say that getting help does change the overall feeling a person has. I no longer feel like something is squeezing my chest all the time. I also have even seemed to notice that I am happier than I was before starting treatment. However, most people seem to think that that's the end of the discussion when it comes to my mental illness.

The reality is that the battle is always occurring. Those thoughts are still there in my mind they are just easier to beat back than they once were. However, some days are still awful. Some days I just want to cry and be done with everything. These are the days where everything just seems wrong and I don't know what to do anymore.

People seem to think these days don't happen anymore. That the treatment is a 100 percent cure-all. When the bad days come there isn't a lot to do because people go right back to the same comments that they had before I was diagnosed. That means that I am overreacting in their eyes.

My medication helps but it doesn't change the fact that it only makes the symptoms manageable it doesn't make them disappear completely. I will still randomly get anxious, certain situations make it worse than others, my depression will still be there and some days it comes with a vengeance.

I think the important thing for those who know someone who is struggling with a mental illness is that when they have a bad day be there for them because the scariest thing is being alone with your own mind.

When people brush off these days as nothing it makes them worse like you truly are overreacting and why aren't you fine?

Please educate yourself when it comes to these things don't just leave your friend or family member to deal with it on their own.