Get Knocked Down and Stay Down: How I Found Hope in my Struggle

I once said to friends that I get so tired of having to claw my way back out of my own personal darkness. I felt deeply tired to be- once…

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I once said to friends that I get so tired of having to claw my way back out of my own personal darkness. I felt deeply tired to be- once again- putting effort and energy into instilling hope in myself. I don’t want to be a person who needs to keep doing that.

One friend suggested that I could be clinically depressed. In th…