Important things that need to be said right now
- The stigma surrounding depression and mental illness needs to STOP. Right now.
- Treat everyone, including yourself, with as much kindness as you can.
- Never, ever think you won’t be missed. Yes, you reading this.
- No one can promise you things will get better, no one can promise you that someday you won’t struggle. But *I*, right here, can promise you that there are still amazing things in the days ahead, some large, some small. If you check out early, you’ll miss those. Don’t do that to yourself.
- KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. FOR EVERYONE. INCLUDING YOUR OWN DAMN SELF.