Depression Through the Years

I have been diagnosed with depression since I was 18, and anxiety since my divorce 2013. When I became a manager, I decided I needed therapy to deal with all the stress that comes with it, mainly staff. Thankfully, my therapist has helped especially when my brother passed followed six months later by my mom who was my best friend. Therapy has helped me go through these years. I learned I am not alone (even though I feel like it sometimes), focus on what I can control, and most important, "It's okay to have days where the only thing I do is survive."

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