Your words...."my life has been stolen"....I reap meaning from that phrase....maybe more....my life has been lost....my memories....who I am....there was opportunity to create...yet that caused...distress for others...who laid claim to who I was....

I have experienced depression....at the time...of my first sip...from that cup....I thought how much more of my mind could I lose?.....I was warned....it would come upon me....in the healing of my brain....now it dances in and out of my life...the steps are so intricate....if someone has not partnered in that dance...it is beyond their ability to understand.....they think it can be fixed....like changing the sheets....they wonder why you do not freshen......

I have been struggling....and let my words exchange...with a person I love.....who loves me too.....just stating the darkness of my experience...they refused it....saying no it is not as you say.....listing the reasons why it could not be so...I could only reply....It IS.....this is what walks in my life....I am walking with it...I know where my feet are stepping.....the response was....SNAP OUT OF IT....how childish....yet born of wishing to ease...and not knowing how....I could only say...that is like telling me to become 6 feet tall........

I am sorry this comes to you....I am sorry it comes to anyone....I could only say...there is some relief....for me...in owning my own feelings....May you have strength....and courage.....until peace rises in your heart....