When you or someone you know (and/or) love is in the depths of severe depression (and/or) anxiety you might say or hear them say something to the effect of “the world would be better without me in it.” They may express to you that they are just a burden to everyone around them and that it would be ultimately better for everyone if they didn’t exist.

Well, that my friend is a BIG FAT lie!!

We ALL NEED YOU or Them here!

It might sound cliche, a little redundant, and too rosy posey for you or them to understand that it is true when you feel useless and as if you are a huge burden to everyone deep within. The truth is that depression can do that to you, to us. Sometimes it feels like it takes our worth and shoves it down the toilet. We feel so dark and hopeless that we may feel useless, and we feel like our presence will never be able to benefit anyone again.

The TRUTH is….

This world is a better place because YOU are in it!

It’s a fact!

Just because you are experiencing severe depression and/or anxiety never means that this world would be better off without you. In fact, it would definitely be worse without you. Your family, your friends, and the people you associate with each day need YOU here for all the good only YOU can bring.

It might sound insincere hearing this coming from me, a stranger whom most likely you have never met, but even if we have never met I KNOW this is true.

I have been there before, crying hopeless and helpless to my husband that he and my kids would be way better off without me. As soon as I could get the words out of my mouth he grabbed me and hugged me tightly and said these words that I will NEVER forget, “Sara, I NEED YOU HERE, we ALL NEED you“. As soon as I heard those words come out of his mouth I KNEW he meant it, and I knew he was right.

Now admittedly when I am going through a really rough patch of depression those thoughts of me being a burden to everyone flash through my head, and now instead of letting them stay and dwelling on them I push them out because I know without a doubt that they are NOT true. I try to accept that just because I am leaning more on others around me for support and love and maybe not able to do much on my end for a while, I am ALWAYS needed and ALWAYS worth it to be here.

YOU are too!

If you are the one struggling with these intrusive debilitating thoughts, reach out to your closest someone and spill your soul to them, and always spill your soul to God, He made you, and He always is there for you even when you can’t feel Him near.

If you are the one that is supporting someone else with this struggle don’t wait another minute, reach out to them and tell them how much you NEED them and love them. Let them know how sincere you are.

xoxo,

Sara