"Depression is like a war—you either win or die trying. Anxiety is like a battle that never ends. And the hardest part is that the people around you often don’t see the fight you’re in."
I wrote about this a few weeks ago but it didn't feels right. Let's try again; keep it simple and thoughtful. Finger cross it turns out good this time.
Mental illness doesn’t just affect the person going through it—it reaches everyone around them. Watching someone you love struggle with anxiety, depression, or any mental disorder is heartbreaking. You feel helpless, caught between wanting to fix things and knowing you can’t. The exhaustion of offering support that sometimes gets pushed away, the fear of saying the wrong thing, and the weight of not knowing if they’ll ever feel okay again—it’s a quiet battle that loved ones fight every day. And yet, they stay, because love doesn’t walk away, even when it hurts.
Supporting someone with mental illness is painful and exhausting, but love is what keeps you standing beside them. Even when you can’t fix it, your presence still matters.
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