The Dark Side

Depression.

The Dark Side

Mental health is such a taboo topic. Which is ludicrous to me.

We find so many ways to avoid it, dismiss it, justify it or just plain outright ignore it.

We laugh it away, drink it away, sleep it away, work it away, sex it away, eat it away, buy it away or anything else we can find to distract us from the hurt.

The Dark Side

We spend so much time focusing on the physical well-being of our bodies, but skip right the fuck over what is happening in our heads.

The Dark Side

Anything to ignore what is causing us so much pain. If we tell people we are okay, we are. Right?

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We care so much about how other people perceive us on the outside that we fight like hell to mask what is going on with us on the inside. Even when what is happening on the inside is something that could eventually kill us.

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What if we talked about it? What if we were honest with each other about our dark side? What if our mental health wasn’t such a taboo topic?

What if we could save each other just by listening?

What if someone took the time to listen to what is going on inside your head and love you regardless?

What if someone could take the time to shine their light on your dark side?

What if someone gave you a tiny ounce of hope to help pull you out of the dark?

More importantly, what if YOU could do that for someone else?

Until next time,

~A

‘Hope is hard to find when you lock it out of your mind. Hope has a way of blocking itself out. But maybe, hope has a way of unlocking itself if we allow it to. ‘