Lies my depression tells me

My depression is a liar.

Here are just a few of the lies it tells me.

1) I am a failure. - This is the one that hits me most often. My depression is always ready with a list of my failures, when the truth is as long as I am still trying, I havent failed yet.

2) The darkness is permanent. - When I in that state, its hard to remember there is always light ahead.

3) I am helpless. - Very much not true. I can do many things to help myself

4) I am unlovable. - This one is tricky. Because its not saying I am unloved, that would be easy to refute. it is saying no one should love me. That if they really knew me, they would reject me. I just hold on to the fact that deserved or not, I am loved, and loved greatly.

Refuting these lies isnt a one time thing. Every time my depression springs, it has the lies ready, so I must always remind myself of the truth.

Hold on to hope, folks.