molly

“I keep hoping that depression and anxiety will become checked boxes. If I just keep “self-caring,” remaining positive, loving myself enough, eating healthy and working out regularly, it will eventually be over. I’ll only have to fight tooth and nail one more time before they’re gone forever, right? I am consistently humbled by how wrong I am. I am a firm believer in self-love, but especially for those who feel as though they are endlessly running uphill. Because no, it won’t go away forever, there will always be storms and clouds and waves. There will be moments when you push that depression a little farther away, and there will be moments when it sits on you, engulfing everything around you once again. When this happens, and it will, know that it has nothing to do with your strength. You did not fail. You are not weak.”