An Open Letter To Depression
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An Open Letter To Depression

You were wrong

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An Open Letter To Depression

You thought you could run my life. You thought that I'd give up after soon much. You thought that you could take everything from me and I wouldn't fight back. You were wrong.

I can still remember all those nights. The nights when you beat me down until there was nothing to do but sit on my bedroom floor and cry. I remember the feeling of my whole body shaking uncontrollably and the breath just not making its way out. I remember that pain so vividly that I actually surprises me. You made me feel so damn useless, so helpless and unloved that I didn't know where to go. It was like you had this control over me and I wasn't strong enough to break free from it.

Here's the thing...I was strong enough. I lived and loved my life in spite of you. I moved on with my plans and dreams even when you said I'd fail. I didn't. Because while you said I couldn't...I had people around me saying I could. While you said there was no way out, they showed me the light. Where you destroyed me, they built me up. Where you held me down, they lifted me.

You will never have control over me again. You will never have that grip on my heart again. I know better now, I'm capable of so much more than I thought I was. I became what I thought I'd never be. I pushed through hell and came out someone I could actually face in the mirror.

The darkness that consumed my soul and my heart is gone. If you thought I would go out without a fight you are so wrong. I have more to fight for now. I have a reason to push past all that you put me through. And I promise you, I will come out victorious.

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