Hi everyone, I know its been awhile sense I last wrote but Im back!

The other night, my friend was struggling with their depression and how hurt they were. They said “Sophia, I feel so pathetic for crying to you right now, you have been through worse stuff, I shouldn’t be hurting over something so small as this”. That’s when I realized that this is what society has turned into. That we feel we have no right to be hurting because someone has it worse. I hate the saying “Smile, because someone else has it worse then you” So are we saying that we should not be happy because someone has it better then us? After thinking about what he just said to me and thinking about that saying, I came to the realization that everyone’s hurt is hurt, and instead of comparing each others hurt we should understand their personal hurt and help them through that. In our society now a days, we like to succumb to our pain and we get the mind set that we are pathetic for feeling so awfully sad. But I am here to disagree with that statement. That you aren’t allowed to hurt because someone is hurting for worse reasons. I’m here to say that your hurt is your hurt and that is okay. It could be over the death of a loved one or even over a something as small as getting a bad grade in school; if it hurts then it hurts. But you also have to accept that pain and grow from it. There is no need to compare your hurt to anyone else’s. But you also have to realize that you aren’t in this fight alone. Depression is a hard battle, and we tend to think we have to fight it alone. But I am here to say you don’t have too, you will have people out there to hold your hand while going through things, but you also have to reach out your hand to let them hold it. Depression is yes, a very personal fight and a very hard thing to explain but I am here to say that if you keep fighting and have those people around you to help you that the fight gets easier.

“To comprehend your pain, is to comprehend your strength” –S.R.C