Mental illness comes in lots of forms and varieties.
Many of them are extremely hard to cope with and seriously misunderstood.
I have depression and an anxiety disorder.
It’s not as hard to deal with my symptoms as it probably is for a schizophrenic to deal with theirs.
But I suffer nonetheless.
I hate waking up in the morning. I can’t wait to go to sleep on the night.
We all have different coping mechanisms and mine are pretty crap.
I can’t cope with anything.
I cry over the most stupid things. I lose my temper over silly little things.
My life is hard, not because I have loads to deal with or I’m really unfortunate, but because I struggle to cope.
I struggle to cope with the most simplest things.
That’s why my life is hard!
Dad with Depression 
It is still quite a taboo subject which makes it all the harder for people to speak out, especially men who are stereotypically seen and expected to be the strong, brave ones. But you are one of millions of men all round the world who struggle with this. The first step is to not allow feelings of guilt and shame to get to you. You have an illness that just happens to be more on the mind side than the physical. I wish you all the best on your road to recovery, no matter how long it will take,m you will get there. I’m saying that because I really believe it, even if you don’t . It is so hard to believe things for ourselves isn’t it?
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