DEPRESSION

Pushing back the Darkness

Conquering Depression

Photo by Syahirah Salleh on Unsplash

I fought the darkness. Every damn day for months, I fought to escape the demons that were shredding my soul from the inside out.

I couldn’t sleep, and it wouldn’t last when I did. I woke up at three a.m., silently crying and moving to the couch because I didn’t want to bother my husband. My pillow was wet with…