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Write down words you wish someone would say to you over and over again.

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You will get through.

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No matter how dark and deep we are in our depression, there is someone who understands. There is someone who’s going to be able to listen and try to help you come back to the light.

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An entire day passed during which I could only cry. I had to stay home from work. I couldn’t eat or drink or brush my teeth or even sit still without falling completely apart. I didn’t beat it.

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Although the stigma of mental health has decreased, the romanticization and stereotypes of mentally ill people – especially those with depression – seem to remain the same.

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How long has it been since you made something with your own two hands?

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I used to make fun of this popular, hipster-ish idea of nihilism, romanticized by social media.

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When you have depression, all you want is to feel normal. People aren’t faking or doing it for attention or any other ridiculous reason you might think.

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No matter how much society has claimed to be enlightened, people still don’t understand what it is to be depressed, suicidal, anxious, or mentally ill.

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Many a times creative souls have misguidedly romanticized mental illness – Adult critics who have declared Sylvia Plath’s poetry genius owing to her mental affliction and personal tragedies, young writers unable to separate the ‘coolness’ of Bukowski’s alcoholic crutch from his literary talents.