It may be Chronic... But it Doesn't Have to be Permanent.
You are not your disease. A diagnosis is only as good as what you make of it. Don’t let an ailment define who you are as a person. Sound familiar? In a world of attempted positivity and projecting (sometimes fake) happiness through our fingertips and into our social media, mantras and positive affirmations have become an almost obsessive trend. Helpful, sure. Some people find these affirmations a way to shed any negativity or toxicity in their lives and put on their happy faces. Others, however--like myself on occasion--can find them more toxic than relieving. [Mental illness] may be chronic, but it doesn’t have to be permanent. This has been one of the more positive affirmations I’ve been able to come up with in my recent (and current) struggles. Sure, in hindsight I (or my therapists) could probably say that my depression could have been ever present since I was a teenager--my anxiety, even earlier--but that doesn’t help me with the today of it a...