Depression and the Web of Lies

5 Cruel Things It Tells You (And the Truth You Need to Hear)

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If you’re here reading this, it probably means you’ve been hurting for a long time.

And I want to start by saying something simple, but honest, I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way.

Pain that lingers, quietly or loudly, can be the heaviest thing to carry.

• Maybe you’ve been through things that no one should ever have to go through.
• Maybe you’ve learned to smile through the ache, to hide your pain because you think no one would understand.
• Maybe you’ve become so used to the weight that you’ve stopped believing you could ever be free from it.

But let me tell you something gently and truthfully, you don’t have to pretend to be okay. But you also don’t have to stay stuck here forever.

Because depression, this awful, exhausting, numbing fog, is a LIAR.

• It twists your thoughts.
• It warps your reality.
• It makes you believe things that feel true but aren’t.
• It wants you to give up on yourself.