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Friday, December 27, 2013

You Cannot Be Replaced

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There was a time, when I didn't care if I saw another day.
I didn't believe anyone would miss me.
I thought my presence was worse than my absence.
Depression works that way.
It isn't rational.
It doesn't listen to people who tell you all you have to live for.
It doesn't care if you had plans.
It just doesn't care and it makes you not care.
Depression is like a heavy blanket on your brain.
You can't think through it.
Your brain can't function through it.
You can't see through it.
You can't feel through it.
You can't.
That's what Depression tells you.
You can't.
You aren't.
You won't.
You don't.
Burden
Unworthy
Waste
Alone
Failure
Fail
Ail
Ill
I
I
I
...
..
.
But
You are not alone.
There is a community of us.
You Cannot Be Replaced.
And when you think of it like that, that kicks Depression's Ass!
You Cannot Be Replaced.
You Cannot Be Replaced.
You Cannot Be Replaced.
That's bigger than the Black Dog.
Bigger than the blanket.
It's bigger than you and me.
It's something to hang onto when all the light is gone.
You cannot be replaced.
Remember....and be a survivor.
There is no one like you
You cannot be replaced.


****Picture from To Write Love on Her Arms
National Suicide Prevention Week Campaign

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