I would be lying if I said I didn’t believe in fairytales, or that I didn’t wish to be rescued. However, I came to an important realization on my final day of waiting: I need to be my own superhero.

At the age of 14 i began suffering from depression, as (unfortunately) many teens do. It takes your breath away to be honest; not in the sense that it is amazing but it is just so exhausting that the air feels like it's been taken from you. I felt stuck; which ultimately made me stuck. I locked myself away and just let myself feel hopeless.

One day, at a low, I had to realize that the only one keeping me in that state was myself. I had to realize that this was not the way it was meant to be.

We all have a low point in life. We have that day where we sit and wonder why everything has lead us to such a low. We may not always verbalize it but we all wish that we could possibly be saved from this day.

What we are often unaware of, is that the only person who can rescue us is ourselves.

Imagine sitting alone, in a dark room, unaware of your surroundings. You feel lost, and destroyed. You are waiting and hoping that someone will come save you. You sit there waiting for the right person to unlock the door and break you out. What you aren’t aware of, is that the key is in the room with you. The key is on the floor merely feet away, just barely out of arms reach.

You have two choices: you can sit there and continue to hope for someone to come to your rescue, or you can take matters into your own hands and try to get yourself out of there.

Unfortunately, the right rescuer will never truly arrive. There may be a few that break down the door, but no one will be able to unlock it like you can.

So many of us wait for so long, even years, for someone to come and save us. I myself am guilty; but we must be the ones to be superheroes. We must take the time to find the power within ourselves that it will take to save ourselves. We must change the course of the moment. You are the only one who has all of the power to turn it around for yourself.

Your darkest days are the ones where you are locked in this room.

Which choice will you make?