“The opposite of depression is expression.”
Trapped emotion, trapped dreams, trapped love, trapped resentment - they all cause depression. You know the feeling. It is like a dark cloud that is closing in…
So how do you get rid of it? What is the opposite of all of that? EXPRESSION.
Letting out how you feeeeeel. Telling people the truth about what is going on for you. Telling them what you’re struggling with - the pain, the love, the hopes, the dreams. Expressing your TRUE and HONEST self through whatever means come to you in whatever moment you are in.
I’ve been feeling it this year. This slow build up of hovering dark matter over me. Dreams left unexplored, words left unsaid, forgiveness left unresolved, love left unexpressed, sorrow left unapologized for. I pretended for so long and got so damn good at smiling through it; acting as if ‘dark clouds are normal and that everyone lives with one.’ I told myself these...