@dimedilean: back then it was really hard to open up because I wasn’t taken seriously with what I myself couldn’t name. I kept up with my responsibilities at home and school so everyone assumed I was fine. I assumed it too. I kept telling myself I wasn’t depressed because I wasn’t falling apart like maybe someone else who has it worse. but I was exhausted in a way sleep couldn’t fix. I began feeling cold all the time. hair started to fall. my skin breaking out. my eyes and body looked like I was slowly dying. i felt empty and numb and guilty for feeling that way because “nothing was wrong.” I didn’t talk about it because I didn’t want attention, didn’t want to seem weak, didn’t want to explain something I barely understood myself. So I carried it quietly. healing started when I stopped minimizing my feelings and allowed myself to ask for help, even when it felt uncomfortable. Functional depression taught me that I didn’t have to completely break to deserve support from others, just like I didn’t have to fall apart in ways others notice for my pain to be real.

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