Shreya De
Shreya De
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

If you’re sane, read about.

~Life is not unfair, people are~

I remember when I was a teenager, to come out with mental illness was even worse than coming out as a homosexual.

Well, today, nothing has changed.

People don’t want to talk about it.

But no more hiding.

This is not a crime I am owning upto.

And I realised I should not be embarrassed by it.

It’s a very significant part of me which has been existing for almost about 4 years now and henceforth I will have to live with it.

Yes, I suffer from depression.

No, no, I am not psychotic.

But to feel numb and unhappy for a prolonged period of time has been tough.

A lot of you might be thinking why am I posting this. Is this a shoutout to garner sympathy?

I am trying to make you guys AWARE what goes inside a person like me.

But it is tough to spend dark nights when it’s a bright day.

It is not easy to stick up a smile right across my face when all I want to do is lock myself in a room and shut the whole world.

More like I am pretending to be a person I am not.

Also, many reading this are also on the same journey with me.

I know. It has not been easy.

To people, for whom it’s just a phase and are insensitive enough to not respect it.

It is for you.

You don’t know what has been creeping inside them.

There are a lot of people around you who are in a worse state. Help them and be respectful.

P.S – It was just one of those dark days.

#fightit #staystrong

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