the thing about having
anxiety and depression is you begin to doubt yourself even
when you practice self-care. you cut people out of your life
– toxic relationships, bad friendships, abusive parents
– because you don’t want their presence to
trigger or contribute even more to your depressive thoughts,
but then your social paranoia kicks in and you question your
actions. “what if i was the one who was wrong?”
“what if i overreacted?” “what if
they’re talking behind my back?” “what if
they’re angry?” “what if they’re
hurt?” “what if i’m the one who is a
s.hitty
person?” “what if nobody likes me anymore?”
and basically you feel even s.hittier
and worse than before you fought for your principles and
stood up against someone you thought was treating you
bad.
—
Sade Andria Zabala
