Hi guys! I thought I’d pop in here and post what I sent on Twitter to another person who battles with depression..they asked what would you say to them if we met face to face for the first time..
Now I must express I am no expert on how people can get out of depression..but I do know how it feels to be depressed from my experience in a wheelchair. Although I was not clinically diagnosed with it, I battled it and thanks to a comment from a Social Worker..and a hell of a lot of help and advice from a Homecare lady who too battled depression..I was able to overcome it before it totally destroyed who I was.. However, I find you don’t ever defeat it, but rather control it..I mean just recently it has tried to tie me down again, but the skill set I have learnt enables me to battle it better. Hopefully they will help me in the future as well, as my time in a wheelchair lengthens (although I am very positive treatment is right around the corner after my correspondence with a leading scientist!). Nonetheless, back to what I posted..
So here are just my thoughts on life..and what I’d say first to em..apart from hello that is!
Well I’m in a wheelchair so you would have to squat down! Truthfully though,my words to you would be.Although life can be tough sometimes, and the will to be a part of it may waver,it is in its simplicity a beautiful thing.The beauty in a sun rise, the light touch of a gentle breeze,or the sound of birds chirping in the early morning.Simple things,but so wonderous.Things that make life so glorious to be a part of, not wealth,fame or material gain. If we can realise that this is what life is truly about than we will never be poor or wanting.