I drew this comic before therapy started to progress to confronting the pain by learning to love myself. It’s the toughest and possibly most painful thing I’ve ever done in my life. It might be easy for others, but not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish I could say this is no longer the case. It happens less, but it still happens. When it does, it’s hard to breathe without pain, or breathe without wanting to cry.
I mean, sometimes this conversation even happens internally. But yeah. Sometimes there’s physical heartache that just really hurts. Even if you don’t believe it, it doesn’t change my reality.
At some point, without someone safe to come back to, there’s no way to recover. I had to put Jane back into the picture at some point, or it’d be tough to have Dave carry on. Caregivers are really important[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Love hurts. That’s a common, pithy saying. But it’s unfortunately true. For the many people who hold on to someone in depression out of love, there’re many too, who leave because they can’t deal with the pain. Whatever the case[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Depressed people are capable of loving others, sometimes way more than they love themselves. At the same time, it’s the love of others that often keeps us alive. Love… in acceptance. Care. Gentleness and firmness where needed. Not just good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Few people with depression have the same specific struggles. My struggle with energy speaks itself differently from someone else’s. The way I describe my depression differs from someone else’s. But they’re all similar stories, which is what I’m what I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yaaaassss. If you don’t understand, go ahead and ask. It’s ok – as long as I have the right not to answer if I don’t want to.
Frustration is usually the name of the game. Pain, too, but it differs from person to person. All in all… It sucks.
It’s never really enough. Whatever I do, as the depression drags on, whatever I’ve done never seems enough to myself, or to certain important people in my life. My wife and our best friend and a few relatives and friends[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…