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You Either Make or Break

Some still don't see depression as a real illness, it is.

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You Either Make or Break

For starters, many people don't think depression is a real illness when it is. No, you're not sick physically but you are mentally. Having a good mental state is important because if you don't you lose focus on what really matters, but it's pretty tough to do that when your sickness takes over the things you once enjoyed doing. Depression is much more than some tears on someone's face. Depression is a series of being sad all the time and sometimes you don't even know why you're sad. It's like your shadow that doesn't leave you, it's darkness walking with you. Sometimes you feel fine, but within the blink of an eye you think of all the bad things that ever happened to you, all of the people who once hurt you, and all the sad music that made you feel worse.

You don't want to get out of bed in the morning, you don't care about your appearance, and you certainly don't care what others have to say because you already feel like no one will ever understand what it feels like. We must not forget that we are not alone in this. Everyone deserves to be happy. You can't let depression ruin you. Although depression either makes you or breaks you. Overcome it. I did. I still have my moments of depression since I just got over it last year, but depression didn't stop me from my dreams. You must learn to find the little things in life that do make you happy and I don't mean a person because you can't rely on someone else for your happiness, I learned that the hard way. Happiness comes from within. It is something you create. I also have learned life is only what you make it out to be so it can either be amazing or it can really suck. Keep that in your back pocket.

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