“You’d see me become the truth of me. You’d see that I had nothing left, and everything I just told you about how I felt was a lie. But, I wanted that lie so badly to be true. I wanted everything I spoke of to be true for me, but it wasn’t because within myself I was slowly and painfully dying from depression.” CompassionSelf LoveDepressionAnxietySelf CarePanic AttacksDepression RecoveryPost Partum Depression Author:Charlotte Cooper
“Yet, when I closed the door, my mask would slip off, and you’d see underneath was a very different reality to what I’d just portrayed. You’d see the breath leaving my body, the light in my eyes fading, my smile would go, and you’d see that my very existence was harrowing.” HealingCompassionMeditationSelf LoveSelf WorthKindness CompassionDepression RecoveryJourney To Yourself Book:Fading Before Dawn: Wilt, Fade, Dawn, Rise Source: Fading Before Dawn: Wilt, Fade, Dawn, Rise