The holidays are supposed to a time of happiness, getting together with loved ones and celebration. Unfortunately for some people (including myself) with the holidays comes depression. While not always announced many people suffer through the holidays feeling unloved, unwanted and alone. Perhaps out of their own decision making, lack of friends and family or simply because they don't have anyone to celebrate the holidays with many people will experience depression in one form or another these holidays.

This Year I REFUSE to Suffer in Silence

The last few months of my life have been stressful, for lack of a better term I've slowly watched my friends and intimate relationship crumble around me. In part this is of my own doing, I've simply been too depressed lately to properly maintain any sort of relationships with anyone and living out in the boonies of Canada certainly hasn't been conducive to my mental health whatsoever.

As ludicrous as it seems to type, most of my emotional support as of lately has been coming from the community here on Steemit. While not one of you on here has ever met me in real life I've got to thank you all for being there for me.. That's a lot more than I can say for the folks whom I'd reckoned were there for me "IRL" but seemingly evaporate when I need them the most.

When it Snows, It Blizzards

I'm honestly not sure what type of bastard I was in my last life time (or this life time) to be subjected to the heavenly highs and gutter lows that I seem to cycle throughout my life. This winter so far has been pretty shitty overall, excluding the obvious sub zero temperatures this month I've now had to uproot my life due to an eviction and to top it all off it sounds like my girlfriend of the past year an a half is breaking up with me before christmas. FML x 100

While I guess I could have seen this coming for a while it certainly hasn't made anything easier. All I can really do at this point is pack my life into little boxes, take deep breathes and remember that all this pain I'm currently crippled by is only temporary, this too shall pass.

Speak Out, You Have No Need to Suffer

It can be extremely difficult for some to admit they are struggling to cope. I'd like to shed the social stigma that those whom speak up about what is causing pain in their lives are weak people, we aren't. Infact those who speak up and share what they are feeling and going through are stronger than those who choose the cowards path of taking it out on themselves. We are all human beings with feelings, sometimes those feelings are overwhelming and cause great despair for those subjected to them.

While I might not be the best counsellor.. I'm here for anyone who needs it. I'm gonna need the same sort of support from the community in the days ahead. <3 KLYE

If you need to chat I'm generally around: https://steemit.chat/channel/klye