I have shared my own struggles with mental illness, specifically my depression/suicidal thoughts here and also my social anxiety and other mental health issues I've dealt with. I also made a video sharing my thoughts on all the advice that gets thrown around when the topic comes up on social media due to a celebrity death.

I am JUST coming out of a depression again, but I am finally at a point in life when I can usually recognize that "this too shall pass" because I used to feel so hopeless and defeated because the worst part for me was that when I was in the midst of depression, it felt like NOTHING had EVER been good and it would never change.

I've managed to get to a point now that I can see that it is temporary. It doesn't make it easy to deal with, but it is a little bit better.

Good luck to you on this journey! I think it is SO important for us to share the bad things as well as the happy things so that other people don't feel so isolated and so that they know it is okay to share and talk to people when they are struggling. Thank you for putting yourself out there.