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It'll Get Better, Just You Wait

It feels like the world is a never ending pit of sorrow and destruction but there's always a light to guide us through to the end.

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To that someone who needs a certain push, who is feeling depressed beyond compare or who has just recently been through a tragedy that simple words cannot explain.

I'm not here to tell you the situation that you're or the feelings that you're feeling right now don't matter because they do. Sometimes we need to dwell on the things that are troubling us in order understand the bigger picture and that's okay. It's okay to feel down, to feel depressed, to feel like you've been thrown into a pit all alone in the darkness.

But let me tell you this: you're not alone. There are hundreds if not thousands of people around you who know what you're going through and who have seen the horrors that you've seen. Even if they haven't there are still people who are there for you and are willing to go through any lengths to see you through to the next day, next year or the rest of your life.

This doesn't just go for people who are depressed, but for anyone who feels that they're alone in the fight they're fighting or feel as if there is no end to what they're going through. There is an end to the sorrow, the anger and the hatred that you might hold in your heart for whatever reason.

I want to tell you that things will get better. It may take a while to get better. It may take days, months, or even years but there will be a light in the darkness that will lead you to happiness, content, or satisfaction.

You may be asking, who the hell am I to tell you this and what do I know in the first place? How could I, a random stranger off the internet, know what I am feeling right in this present moment?

Because, I've been there. I know what it feels like to hate yourself, be scared of everything and everyone around you, and to feel like there is no escaping the hell that I've managed to get myself into. I know what that consuming feeling of fear and sorrow feels like and it's something I won't soon forget.

It took me a good year or two to get better and it was something that almost robbed me of my whole entire senior year of high school. The feelings I felt and the images that crossed my mind royally sucked, they really did, but I emerged from that period of time a stronger person and a better human being.

It can happen to literally anyone, because before it actually happened to me, I thought that anxiety and depression weren't real and that it would never in a million years would happen to me. But it did. And I made it through.

My dad told me while I was listening to "Going Under" by Evanescence if I ever felt the way the song was explaining to tell him. I responded by saying don't worry it won't ever happen. But low and behold it did and I have him, my mom and the rest of my family to thank for getting me out of the hole that I managed to fall into.

Wherever you are, at school, at home, or at work, I want you to know that you are loved and that whatever you're going through will improve. Sure, you may have to climb a few mountains, swim a few rivers and cross a couple of valleys to get there but you will find a sense of peace.

Don't worry about the small stuff and try to remember that there are people out there who love and care for you whether it be a family member, a friend or a community of people who are going through the same thing.

Sometimes things have to get worse before they improve, but don't worry.

Because it'll get better, just you wait.

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