![]() ![]() The comments – over 32,000 - have been overwhelmingly supportive of Bekah. Since posting the picture to her Facebook last Sunday, the post gained over 345,300 likes and around 289,300 shares as I write this. “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.” -Robin Williams **Also, THANK YOU to the ones who have helped me in this battle. I want to help people who feel the way I have-and still do-because it’s hell. Maybe this is part of why I am so interested in psychology. ![]() I may only be one person, but one can save another…and that’s all I could really ask for. You’d be surprised by how many people YOU know that struggle with depression, anxiety, or other mental illness. This forces me to talk about my own struggle, and why the awareness of it is important. If it’s such a huge issue, why aren’t we having this conversation about it? That’s why I got this tattoo they are great conversation starters. Mental illness is not a choice and will likely hit everyone at some point in their life. We care so much for our physical health, but hardly a thing about our mental state. Mental illness is serious, but so shamed in our society. This is one of the most difficult things to open up about because it’s extremely hard for me to feel vulnerable…but this needs to be talked about. Depression is the tears I have because I don’t know why I feel so worthless, when I know I should feel happy. Depression is the hurtful thoughts and actions I have towards myself. Depression is the friendships that have suffered because of my inability to function. Depression is the need to constantly be distracted (being on social media, playing video games, watching movies or shows, or working all the time) because I can’t trust myself with my thoughts for longer than 3 minutes. Depression is the 50 pounds I carry in my chest at all times. Depression is the nights I begin to cry because I feel so overwhelmed, even though everything is going right. Depression is the eating too much, or eating too little. Depression is the break downs I have over absolutely nothing. Depression is the homework that I never completed, simply because I didn’t feel like I was capable. Depression is the sleeping too much, or sleeping too little. Depression is the mornings that I don’t feel capable of getting out of bed. To me, depression is the days that I feel sad for no reason. It reminds me that people who may appear happy, may be at battle with themselves. When everyone else sees it, they see “I’m fine,” but from my viewpoint, it reads “save me.” To me, it means that others see this person that seems okay, but, in reality, is not okay at all. I feel that my leg was the best place for the meaning behind it. And in all honesty, I believe it was a problem for quite a while before that, but I think it just got worse to the point of hardly functioning. Last year, I was diagnosed with depression. I am ready to have a conversation about my mental illness. I want you to hear me out.) Today, I am coming out with something that only few of you know. (Dear mom and dad, please don’t kill me over this permanent choice. Last week, she got inked with a heartfelt tattoo that says “I’m fine” to anyone looking at it, but from her perspective, upside down, it says “save me.” The 20-year-old came out about her battle on Facebook, posting photos of the tattoo alongside an open letter to her parents, explaining why she had the tattoo done. Instead of keeping her mental condition an inner struggle, Bekah decided to do something to start a conversation about depression. Inside, she is battling depression, which she was diagnosed with a year ago. Bekah Miles is a normal college student at George Fox University on the outside. ![]()
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