Depression
Depression is that persistent annoying voice in your head that tells you all that you are not
It fills up all your thoughts and consumes you
It is the lies of the enemy
Blinding you to all that you are and your potential
It is the half truths that voice whispers to you
Pointing towards all your failures
Distorting and concealing the true picture
It is suffering in silence
Your world surrounded in darkness
Depression is sleeping in all day and staying awake all night
With the demons in your head fighting for your attention
It is alienating all your fiends sometimes
And believing that no one cares about you
It is holding on to resentment and heartbreak like a shield
This supposedly protects you from further hurt
But also stops you from healing and experiencing true love
Depression takes different shapes and forms
It could be laughing, dancing and having the best time with your friends but dying inside
It could be achieving success and by society’s standard you should be happy
But the emptiness inside is unexplainable
Depression is a world filled with empty people barely making it through the day
It is thinking there isn’t any point to life
And failing to see the beauty in it
But depression is not a weakness
It is not something to be ashamed of
Rather it is a disease of the mind
A symptom of a much deeper rooted void in your life
Depression is something only the one who created you can completely heal
Author: Chidinma Chukwuma
Chidinma is a final year law student at the University of Sheffield. Check out more of her work at chidinmachukwuma.wordpress.com
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