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Truthful Tuesday: My Journey through Depression

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So as you can guess from the title of this post it's not all rainbows and unicorns with roses blooming in the spring. But it's not all bad, and I'm not yet hibernating in my bed because the thought of facing the world is horrendously overwhelming, panic attacks aren't happening, and I can still find laughter and good times with my friends. I'm not in the bottom of the pit of depression, but I am definitely dancing along that pits edges and some days I slip down a ledge and others I pull myself up. So this this and this is what my depression looks like. To an outsider looking in, it actually doesn't look that bad, I blame social media for that.  I feel compelled to post positive things because I do not want people constantly coming up to me wanting to help, I appreciate that they want to help, but I have reached out and gotten support from those I feel I need it from at this point in time. I am in counselling right now, and I am working through t...

Tuesday Truth

Ok for the month of April I am going to be doing Tuesday Truths.  This is where I will take one question that I would want to know from other people and answer it truthfully for myself.  These won't be those get to know you questions of a first date, but they will touch on topics that can be a bit touchy and may reveal to some people my thoughts and deep beliefs that they didn't know. So the four questions I am going to answer are these: 1) Are you a spiritual Person? (April 5) 2) What are your political leanings? (April 12) 3) How do you feel about transgender washrooms? (April 19th) 4) Would you ever live in a communist state? (April 26th) So let's get started with one of the easier questions!! Are you a spiritual person? I am a spiritual person, I am also a religious person. I was baptized, and confirmed Roman Catholic.  I believe in the teachings of Jesus, but not all the doctrine of the Church.  So this is a very convoluted topic for me. So I will...