You know, during the years where depression was controlling me (or at least it felt like it) I've come to realize something:

We look up to the people that thrive.

At least in my case, for a while suicide seemed the only way to escape, the only way to make the pain stop. There were a couple of close calls and someone close to me ended their life, but now being in a stable and much happier place, I realized I never looked to the people who committed suicide. I looked to those who went through hell and back and survived, who lived to tell the tale.

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Life sucks and we all fall down, but that's not the important part. The important part is that they got back up and kept going. I think this is why people (or at least myself) look up to the ones that succeed, it gives us courage to keep going and a hope that we'll be alright. And we will. We just have to get back up and keep walking.

You've got this. If you're in a rough patch, know that even if you feel utterly alone, I believe in you. You're strong enough, the only person who doesn't know that is you.