What depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, grief, feels like. November 29th, 2022.

 “I’ll stare directly at the sun but never at the mirror. It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero..” -Tylor Swift, from the song Anti-Hero.

👆 This is what depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, grief, feels like for me.

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