“But there is no lightning bolt of insanity. It’s more like a drizzling leak you don’t even notice until you’re gasping for air, suddenly and irrevocably aware that you’ve drowned in your own thoughts.” ThoughtsInsanityThe Words We KeepErin StewartDrowning In ThoughtsGasping For Air Author:Erin Stewart
“This doesn’t mean I almost died. It means I chose to stay.” DepressionSuicideThe Words We KeepErin StewartChoosing To Stay Author:Erin Stewart
“People always ask, Why are you depressed? But the boring truth is that nothing is wrong. I feel nothing. I am nothing. When I look into the future, nothing. It’s the nothing that destroys me. People always talk about mental illness like it’s a heroic war with a monstrous disease. But the fact is, we’re fighting ourselves. Just a bunch of smaller battles. Getting up, every day, facing down the beasts because I can never beat them. Because they are me. The best I can do is-Make friends with the monsters.” DepressionThe Words We KeepErin Stewart Author:Erin Stewart