I am cheering you on so hard.

You know, my mom recently apologize to me for being so hard on me for my depression and anxiety all my life. She always used to tell me to "Buck up!" and "Be strong!" and "Change your thoughts - don't be weak!" She has recently had severe, crippling anxiety that has stopped her life and realized that mental health issues cannot be controlled, changed, or managed with "positive thoughts."

I think we have such a severe stigma on mental health issues that it becomes too terrifying for people to even admit they have one when it happens. So I really understood what you were saying about your feelings about what depression looks like.

And like we talked about, I imagine there is so much of the "real you" still bubbling up to the surface and that this is part of that process. I'm excited for you, though also know it is very challenging. I know you got this - not because you're so strong (though that's true) but because you are so committed to opening. xoxo