i just wanna put this out there for all you ladies struggling with depression or any mental…

i just wanna put this out there for all you ladies struggling with depression or any mental "illness", i put quotes around them because i don't usually classify them that way.

i was diagnosed at 17 years old, 3 months after having my son with Depression, and not just postpartum, anxiety that stems from my childhood as well as bipolar disorder and "strong traits of OCD" (in other words, i have a lot of ocd tendencies). I just want you all to know that you are not alone in whats going on in your head. I fight with my mind daily to stay okay, i have to give myself peptalks every single morning to try and stay positive. I have done so much research on each thing to keep myself from having to be on medication. Most people who know me, dont know about my "issues", only because i have learned over time how to kind of control whats going on with me. i have my bad days where i dont get out of bed unless my son needs me for something, i have days where i feel i would be better off by myself, or dead, but i fight daily. I always just thought that I was being "overdramatic" or "overly sensitive" like everyone tried to say i was so it took me a lot of time of struggling to finally get the help i needed. I do not classify these things as illnesses just because they're apart of me, who i am, but they dont control me. PLEASE do not feel ashamed if you believe you have depression, please if you feel its bad, get help. PLEASE DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ALONE. Because you're not. You are not alone, you are needed by someone, you are special to people around you. There are many ways to keep control of your depression, anxiety, etc. you do not have to be medicated, there are other options. I don't know how many of you needed this, but I'm having an off day, and I needed to give myself a serious peptalk this morning and I have seen a lot of you struggling with feeling alone and I felt the need to reassure you that you arent. <3