Dear Self

This has been the hardest week — You’re so sad lately and you feel like you’ve lost yourself. Your mind feels like a puzzle that can’t be put together, like the pieces just won’t fit. One moment you are doing ok and then out of nowhere you have this sense of loneliness that you’ve never felt, and it breaks you. It breaks you down so hard, the tears come from nowhere and you just want to scream because this is not who you are. You look in the mirror and all you see is the sadness. Your eyes look different. Your face is not familiar. You look tired, you feel tired. You just want all of these feelings to go away — You don’t want people to see you so broken. You don’t like it when everyone is constantly worrying. If you can just find the moments of joy I know you’ll be ok. You just have to remember to breath. Reach out to family and friends when you need them the most and know that it’s ok not to be ok. You are strong and you need to keep fighting. Tomorrow is a new day to begin again. You know this is hard but this is what your depression looks like and you’ll come out on the other side.

Love,

Me