Anxiety and depression are liars. Big, big liars. That doesn't mean that the people dealing with them day in and day out don't start believing the lies at some point.
Just don't give up on us. Please.
We're going to withdraw. We're going to stop talking so much. We're going to avoid interaction if at all possible. But that doesn't mean we're not still fighting inside. If anything, those are the times we're fighting the hardest. We're trying to get out of our own head. We're tired. We've run the gamut of emotions, and we're trying to get to our new normal.
Please don't give up on us.
We need you. We need you to be there. To help without being asked. To know when to just walk away because the battle in our mind is just too intense, but to still be there cheering from the sidelines.
There will be times that we're jovial, and able to carry on a conversation without the nagging in the back of our minds.
But sometimes...
Some days (weeks, months, you name it), we clam up. We want to be left alone and supported from afar. Learn when to step in. Learn when to push. It may break us, but sometimes...
Sometimes that's what we need.
Please, just don't give up on us.
