“Heavy. That’s what it feels like. That soul sickness that creeps into your life from time to time…maybe more often than you’d like. It’s like the heavy that hits you when you wake up from a fever-sleep. Your head is fuzzy, your body is too thick feeling, your thoughts are slow and lethargic. It’s too much to deal with the waking world in this state. Better to just slip back into unconsciousness..”

I know it may sound counterintuitive…the things that feel like weaknesses being a source of strength. That the parts of ourselves keeping us bound to our trauma would somehow also free us. But the beautifully broken among us possess the power to heal that brokeness, and become stronger through that process.

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“Depression, however, doesn’t always look the same. The pit may seem similar but different mental illnesses can lead to depression, and each has its own brand of torture. One of the gardens I tend in my pit allows me to see my own challenges as blessings to better understand myself and to relate to others like me. I have different kinds of mental disorders, which grant me the ability to compare the different kinds of depression I go through. General depression, depression from trauma, and depression from OCD hurt differently. Similar vibe, similar thought processes, but felt from a different aspect of pain.”