Depression is when everything is going great in your life but you can’t seem to enjoy it. I’m trying to be happy and have experienced so many great changes and things that I have wanted for so long depression is preventing me from feeling happiness. It’s like depression has formed a barrier that is suppressing the happiness and preventing it from rising to the surface to be enjoyed properly. It’s been slowly developing for a few months now and it’s gotten to the point where I’m not sure how much longer I can hang on. I am so tired of constantly fighting the battles that are waging in my head. My head is so noisy and I would give anything to silence it. For good. I feel as if the people around me just don’t understand. I want so bad for them to understand and hear me. Can’t they see my cry for help? Can’t they hear me screaming inside? This illness has taken over my entire being. It’s toxic. I once heard someone compare depression to tar running through your veins and I believe it. It