Please Love Me Despite My Depression
Oct 17, 2018
The British woman Becci Nicholls took a courageous step and wrote a touching letter to her husband asking for his love and understanding for her depression.
A Letter That Gives Hope To Everybody Suffering From Depression
At the same time she grants deep insights into her soul and makes it clear that close relatives of depressed people also suffer.
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Intimate insights into the inner life of a depressed person
Almost noone who has never suffered from depression knows what the disease can do to you. Becci Nicholls, mother of two, probably thought the same and published a letter to her husband on her blog. It is a letter that touches our hearts, precisely because she describes exactly how depression affects her life and that of her family. At the same time, however, it is also a love letter to her husband, as she thanks him for his unconditional support and love in these difficult times.
A dark cloud that pushes itself over my life
Becci speaks bluntly and openly about her love for her husband and although she knows that he loves her too, this knowledge is sometimes overshadowed by her depression.
According to Becci, the depression is like a dark cloud that softly befuddles her mind and fills her with terrible thoughts of how worthless and unlovable she is.
To survive these dark days, she asks her husband to fight together against this cloud. A firm hug, but also the knowledge that you can survive the hard times together, can help.
Unconditional love is the most important thing
But how does a husband manage to help his wife, who suffers from depression, during these difficult times? It can only be done through unconditional love, Becci knows. Even if they are quick to anger and seem to get upset for no reason at all, it is important to be patient with the depressed partner. This is because a depression also makes those affected very angry, so it is almost impossible to avoid that one's own partner suffers from the tantrums.
How hard it is to be a mother with depression
Becci also mentions in her letter that her two children also have to struggle with her illness. Depression makes her mind believe that she is doing everything wrong, that she is not a good mother and that she does not love its own children enough. Even though Becci finds it very difficult on the darker days, she still tries not to bother her children with her illness and to appear completely normal for them.
How the letter can give others hope
Becci finds direct words for her depression in her open letter and hopes to be able to help other people suffering from one.
Are you as moved by this story as we are? Then show the article to your friends so they can understand how a depression manifests itself and how you can fight against it!
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