You've been told over and over again that you have a great life… but it doesn’t ever feel that way.
On paper everything looks great, but in reality… it just feels awful or empty.
Objectively, you can see you’ve got things going for you, you’ve got a job, maybe a few people you call friends, but it feels like you’re never truly happy.
People around you say “snap out of it” or “other people have it worse, you should feel grateful for what you have.”
Further making you feel terrible for feeling this way and regretting even opening your mouth in the first place, so you start to talk to people less. The feelings of loneliness and isolation start to creep in.
Deep down you know you’re in pain and most often you have no idea why you’re feeling this way.
It feels like no one understands what you’re going through and that if you try to tell people, you’ll only be a burden.
You sometimes feel guilty for even taking up space, for just being.
Everyday, slapping on a brave face and pretend that everything is fine. You hope people buy the fake smile you give them.
And then, you show everyone that everything is ok. Little did they know it took every ounce of energy for you to get out of bed or to even shower.
You were either up all night hoping for sleep or snoozed your alarm 5 times because you’re too exhausted to face the day. Sleeping at least brings a break from your mind.
Motivation to do anything, even the smallest tasks is non-existent.
Doing the things you love and talking to people seem like a distant memory.
You shut down and become numb. You know it’s just too hard to face emotions. You just don’t care anymore.
Depression begins to tell you… “Maybe I just don’t deserve to be happy”
Depression seeps in like a dark and thick oil, covering any brightness there once was.
Depression says horrible things to you and makes you feel like there is no way out of it.
Happy smiling faces seem puzzling. Why can’t I feel like that?
I can help shine a light in that darkness of depression, to dive into it with you, and guide you out of the enduring emptiness.
I want to help you get to a place where you’re engaging in life again. Where you truly begin to enjoy things in life.
Imagine starting to feel better about where you’re in life.
Think about the depression lifting and experiencing more emotions than sadness, or just starting to feel again.
I want to teach you to be gentle with yourself, and that you deserve it.
I want to show you how to make that negative voice shut up, or at least to talk back to it.
Depression can come and go, but I can help you find some strategies to pull you out of that thick oil, so you won’t feel like you’re drowning.
Depression likes to take over, leaving you feeling helpless, that you have no say, and this is just how life will be. Well, It’s a big, ol’ LIAR. I want to help you kick that depression to the curb.