The Coldest Winter Ever: My Battle With Depression
Winter was always one of my favorite seasons
until last year. Last winter things had
gotten so bad for me that I found myself sitting in front of a therapist hoping
she could help me put my life back together. I had been dealing with depression
on and off for the past 2 years but it was starting to take a heavy toll on me
and prayers and pep talks with friends weren’t helping me cope anymore.
In those two years I experienced a failed relationship, the news of an unexpected health problem, losing my job, and moving to a new unfamiliar state. A few months into my move I found myself broke, behind on bills and on the verge of having my car repossessed. I just couldn’t figure out how I lost so much control over my life in such a short period of time. If you could rewind my life back three years prior things seemed to be going pretty good for me. I had a second degree under my belt and I was working a job in my field making decent money and just living a normal life for the most part. Th…
In those two years I experienced a failed relationship, the news of an unexpected health problem, losing my job, and moving to a new unfamiliar state. A few months into my move I found myself broke, behind on bills and on the verge of having my car repossessed. I just couldn’t figure out how I lost so much control over my life in such a short period of time. If you could rewind my life back three years prior things seemed to be going pretty good for me. I had a second degree under my belt and I was working a job in my field making decent money and just living a normal life for the most part. Th…