I wasn’t going to do this but after reading several posts throughout my Facebook feed, I had to. So many do not understand the toll severe depression or any mental illness, takes on a body. Not only for the individual, but for the people around them. Unless you’ve experienced it, don’t judge…you really have no idea.

Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. In 2012, an estimated 16 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This represented 6.9 percent of all U.S. adults. (info via http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ )

In Memory of Robin Williams…. 1951-2014

Silent screams
Howl in your mind
The shrill sounds
Only you can hear

And you laugh

Hoping to hide the pain
Masking the horror
Of a life inside you
Waiting to be understood

And you cry

Never quite accepted
The darkness wins
And the lights fade
In the brightness of your smile

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