The concert was so emotional tonight. When I was really into Hedley, I was just starting to realize what I was feeling was depression, and I was so young and I was in so deep and honestly some days I'm not sure how I made it through. There was this huge shift about a year ago and I've started to learn to love life again, started to learn to love myself. So tonight, hearing those songs, songs that just made my bones ache, songs that described my life and my pain, and hearing them, and dancing my heart out and feeling alive, and not being able to remember what if felt like to be so low. God, I am so lucky. It's unreal to me that the person I was a few years ago and the person I am today are the same person. When I look back, it's like watching a movie, someone else's life. I am so thankful to be where I am today. I still have depressive and anxious episodes, but I am so happy. There's always progress to make, but life is good. Life is so good. And I am so glad I stuck around to see it.
