ALL I WANT IS TO SCREAM AND CRY LET IT ALL OUT BECAUSE IT IS KILLING ME INSIDE. I WASN'T JUST ADDICTED TO DOPE, I WAS ADDICTED TO SELF-DESTRUCTION. It's NOT GOODBYE THAT HURTS BUT A FLASHBACK THAT FLOWS. THAT'S THE STIGMA because unfortunately, we live in a world where if you break your arm, everyone runs over to sign your cast, but if you tell people you are depressed, everyone runs the other way and that's the stigma. we are so, so accepting of any body part breaking down, other than our brains. and that's the ignorance. And that ignorance has created the world that doesn't UNDERSTAND depression, that doesn't understand mental health. IT IS CRUEL PUNISHMENT WITH NO FEARS, NO RASHES, NO BLOOD TEST TO SEND PEOPLE SCURRYING IN CONCERN, JUST THE SLOW EROSION OF SELF, AS INSIDIOUS AS CANCER. AND IT IS ESSENTIALLY A SOLITARY EXPERIENCE; A ROOM IN HELL WITH YOUR NAME ON THE DOOR. "It's living in a body that fights to survive with a mind that tries to ...