Radio presenter, Candice Mwakalyelye has spoken of her battle with depression. She wrote :”We look at people and see their smiles not know...
Radio presenter, Candice Mwakalyelye has spoken of her battle
with depression. She wrote :”We look at people and see their smiles not knowing
the pain they carry in their hearts, such is life. To say this week was hell
for me would be an understatement, I never thought I would experience such
pain. But here I am - alive - I even managed to smile and laugh.
After I got home yesterday I had to ask myself what I
wanted to happen. I had 2 options, let the depression set firmly in and take
over, or continue to fight and pray that each day gets easier to get through. I
have to believe that there is a reason for everything or I will lose my sanity,
and so I choose to fight. That is all I know how to do. And I'll take it one
day at a time. I'll cry when my heart needs to and laugh when I can, because
this is what life has handed me and somehow I have to make the best of it.
I'm telling part of my story because someone out there is
in a darker place than I almost found myself. I know the struggles with
depression more than I know my own soul and I know we don't always win but when
we can claim some victory we must because it is those victories that pull
someone else out. Each win for one is a win for another. And even when it seems
small and insignificant to everyone around us, it is significant to us and
that's all that matters.
There won't always be a clear choice, but somehow there is
always light.. No matter how deep and dark the pit may feel, always strive to
find the light. It's all we can do.
I'm sorry - for your pain, your loss, your turmoil, your
loneliness. If I knew how to pull you out of your despair I would. I cannot.
But I can tell you to find the light, and I'll be standing right by the edge to
hold you when you need me to.
You are loved, you matter, you will pull through, you are
not alone.
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