My realization of my mental disabilities and one of coping methods that's helped me the most.
A few years ago I realized that one of the most important ways to cope with my mental disabilities (depression and extreme anxiety) is to share my mental plights with those individuals that I love and love me in return. This method of coping intensified after an uncomfortable session with my therapist at the time. But, prior to this amazing and difficult revelation, I had to overcome the tendency of remaining quite do to my odd ideology that sharing my problems with those around me would somehow endanger them and make them vulnerable to my mental implications. This process took me years of a very long, uncomfortable, silent and lonely journey that alienated me from those that cared for me, which, resulted in me being slowly pulled towards deathly results that I had to retrain my brain to withdraw from. The first step for me was to sit down alone during one of my meditation sessions ironically to evaluate how absurd my way of thinking was for not only myself but, those I claim to love a