JBGreenASMR

Thinking of Y'all

Added 2015-08-18 03:16:29 +0000 UTC

Hey y'all!

How have you been? Please feel free to leave a comment below

this post; I love to hear from you. If for any reason you don’t feel like

leaving a comment, that’s okay too, and please know that I’m thinking of you

with warmth and gratitude regardless.

I started to write a "quick thought" about depression that I wanted to share with you all, but that quick thought started to turn into something very long and heavy. I don't know how many of you write, but I sometimes have a problem where I clumsily pile more and more words onto a piece until the whole thing collapses under its own weight. The essence of what I wanted to say was this:

For those of you who suffer from depression, I don't want you to ever punish yourself with the thought that you're "back to square one" when you experience a relapse. This is a condition that, at its very worst, people do not survive. Simply making it through the day (or the hour, or the minute) is progress. That progress can't be taken away from you. Every bout of depression that you've made it through has been an accomplishment. Though there may be many more battles—and although those battles may be just as hard as the ones that came before—that doesn't take away even one of your victories from before.

This may speak to you, and it may not. If it doesn't, maybe you can keep it in your back pocket in case it's ever relevant for you or someone you care about.

Thank you all for your support and your generosity of spirit. Be kind to yourself today. You're awesome, and you deserve it.

Love,

P.S. I recently did some traveling to see my family and to see one of my best friends get married. I meant to take some photos to share with y'all, but I got caught up in the busyness of travel and completely forgot. So, here's one of the only photos of have of me on this trip. I'm on a plane! <3