Today’s post is definitely on the more personal side; you may or may not know, but May is Mental Health Awareness month. Even though it’s been five years since my initial anxiety and depression diagnoses admitting I struggle with my mental health, especially in such a public forum, is still extremely nerve racking for me. And maybe that’s part of why I feel writing this post is so important. While most people are incredibly understanding when it comes to anxiety, depression is considered a more hush hush conversation. The stigma around depression is very extreme; when I’m open about having depression, I can tell that people are taken aback and often uncomfortable.

I get it; while I have chronic anxiety and have struggled with anxiety since I was a child, depression was the disease that kind of snuck up on me. Prior to being diagnosed, I didn’t know a ton about it and definitely didn’t understand what it meant when I heard of someone suffering from it. Today I wanted to talk about why conversations around mental health are still so important and five “crazy” things I’ve done because of or for my mental health.

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