I've never had it easy, and I've never been one to claim that I know what I'm doing in life. I help out whoever I can even if I'm not doing to good myself; I care too much about those around me that I find it easier to ignore my own problems when I'm helping others figure out their problems. It helps keep my mind stable; by helping others I help myself and that's how I've always been.
The choices I make to help others...
I haven't had a stable life. While it's not the worst life, and I know others have it harder than me, it's still my life. It's still painful to me and still causes me to struggle just to get up during the day. Sometimes my problems are too much and I would just rather disappear from the world rather than stay. What get's me through and what keeps me stable? My faith.
...allows me to lean on my faith more.
Not everyone shares my opinion of faith and not every shares my belief in Christianity. You don't have to, and I'd never force my belief on you; I just believe that my faith gets me through and helps me get up every day. It makes it easier on me to deal with my genetic depression and anxiety issues. I haven't always been like this and my faith wasn't always that strong, but over the years it's only gotten better. It's made me better.
You are not alone.
Anxiety and depression plague a lot of people, and everyone has their own way of managing them. From medication to my path of faith and belief, whatever keeps a person sane is what matters most. Life is not going to get any easier and it's not going to change until you want it too; but you are never really alone when it comes to any situations.
There is always someone somewhere in the world that has been through your situation and has advice to help you make it through to the next day. No one has ever been in your exact situation, but in the same breath, you can't say that someone doesn't understand you. Someone always knows what you mean when you can't explain why you're nervous or why you're sad.
Help comes from different places.
The help I get is from faith. My depression and my anxiety make it hard for me to get up in the day and do anything. The help I get comes from my faith, and once the help has started, I can usually channel the rest of the problem into something constructive. Writing or music are two of my main outlets.
There is always someone out there who knows what you are going through; don't just brush off advice when they give it. They don't have to give it, just like they didn't have to get out of bed that day because all they want to do is cry. They managed to, and so can you, and so can I. We just have to help each other and take it a day at a time.
