{"id":325020,"date":"2025-11-30T18:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/my-struggle-your-struggle-our-strength-the-carpe-diem-life-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:19:44","slug":"my-struggle-your-struggle-our-strength-the-carpe-diem-life-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=325020","title":{"rendered":"My struggle, your struggle- our strength \u2013 The Carpe Diem Life Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Can I be honest? Sometimes I get too tired for hope. Some days I don\u2019t think I have any authority to tell you things will get better because I so badly need someone to tell me that too. Sometimes I\u2019m at a standstill wondering who or what will help me get through the day. Sometimes I\u2019m so anxious I won\u2019t get on my phone to make those phone calls I needed to make or text my friends back from last week. There have been days I\u2019m so deprived of happiness that I don\u2019t use any of the tools I know could help, but I just sit still- feeling paralyzed by my own thoughts and feelings. The truth is I struggle, a lot. I know a lot of us do. And maybe you are reading this hoping I found the secret to finally defeat mental illness\u2014 but I still haven\u2019t nor do I think I will. What I do have is a understanding that maybe you can find comfort in knowing your pain, suffering and heartache isn\u2019t yours to go through alone. One day at a time feels like forever to a depressed person, but one day is all I really find hope in. One day that you give your absolutely ALL too and see what happens tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I get so sick of posting a scoop of \u201chopeful sprinkles\u201d on top of life\u2019s hardest things. Life is friggin hard and I can\u2019t always be inspired by it. Truth is, I haven\u2019t posted in more than a year because I struggled, hard. I struggled with myself and all life dealt me\u2013 like a worsening of my mental health, a journey with addictions, struggled with being a confident mom, with being who \u201cthey\u201d wanted me to be and pretending I had it all together when I was hurting so bad and so far from being \u201cme\u201d. Actually, I struggled to know who I even wanted to be so I left jobs, switched states, changed habits\u2026 and still ended up depressed. I still needed my mental health medications daily. I stayed consistent with my psychiatrist appointments and still felt despair. <\/p>\n

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I have had a lot of moments where I was able to feel joy\u2013 and I try my hardest not to take those for granted. But depression works in mysterious ways and almost as soon as I recognize the joy I\u2019m feeling; I simultaneously begin to wonder what\u2019s wrong with me? Because happy moments don\u2019t come without wondering when will it leave? When will the depression come back? Will the depression be worst? What if I can\u2019t handle it? I find the most clever ways to mess up even the most joyful moments when I\u2019m depressed.<\/p>\n

See\u2026 Sometimes we are working so hard to be happy and forcing ourselves to believe if only <\/em>I could get my dream job than I\u2019d be happy. Or<\/em> that perfect husband\/wife, or<\/em> beat my addictions, or <\/em>find the right group of friends than finally <\/em><\/strong>I\u2019ll be happy. But you know as well as I do that thinking like this only puts us on a vicious cycle of thoughts that don\u2019t help our depression\u2013 but feed it. <\/p>\n

And I know for me, sometimes I don\u2019t feel like I deserve to be happy. I end up either self-sabotaging those brief happy moments or not loving them to their fullest potential because I\u2019m afraid<\/strong>. I\u2019m afraid of suffering. I\u2019m afraid of suffering more than I can handle. <\/p>\n

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Finally, I can say it. I can type it and I can share it. I\u2019m afraid of struggling, afraid of suffering, and afraid of failure. But maybe I\u2019m not alone\u2013 maybe my struggle is similar to your struggle. Maybe we have common suffering, similar fears and relatable struggles. <\/p>\n

I think, just maybe, that we have more in common than the endless battles for mental wellness. We can also find strength in each other through our common suffering. So today, I\u2019m here just to share you aren\u2019t alone even on your bad days. You aren\u2019t alone and you aren\u2019t wrong for feeling the way you do. Sometimes depression is hard to describe- what\u2019s wrong? You can\u2019t pinpoint the pain, you can\u2019t describe it, you can\u2019t just discuss what\u2019s wrong because\u2026 You simply don\u2019t know either. Life just feels extra daunting and hard and lonely and scary. <\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you these days will go away but I wish I could. I can\u2019t tell you life gets easier because I don\u2019t think that\u2019s true. All I have to share is something that has gotten me through every bad day, hard year, and difficult situation\u2013 that is the fact that you can only do your best today. Don\u2019t give up on your future, but just on those hard days\u2014 make a goal to do your best that day. Sit with your feelings and acknowledge them\u2013 not holding on to them and not ignoring them. Just remember a day is 24 hours and if you can deal with depression, I promise you can hang on for 24 hours. If today feels like the world is falling apart, remember nothing in this world is guaranteed and that means tomorrow can be your best day yet. <\/p>\n

Just one day at a time and remember, YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS. Even if that hard thing is just getting through today \u2014 don\u2019t ever discredit how much strength that takes. <\/p>\n

I believe in you. Most importantly, you will believe in yourself one day at a time. <\/p>\n

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