Thought for the day.

“What is depression like?” he said.

“It’s like drowning.”

“Except you can see everyone around you breathing.”

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 “It’s a war within yourself that never goes away.”

“It becomes difficult to deal with everyday life because you have hid your soul in a dark corner so it doesn’t have to face the dangerous world of the Trauma.  Without your soul, you are only half a person, a machine who is constantly running from reality.”

Like depression and anxiety, a common narrative among PTSD sufferers is a complete numbing of feelings that can damage relationships, jobs and chances of recovery.

“We were not allowed to speak of the unseen wounds of war. We were not allowed to prepare for them.”