I slept through most of 'Thanksgiving'. One to many emails about being thankful for the little things, not to let my mental illness(es) get me down... you know the usual pep talks that DO HELP most times? Not this day. The year has been awful enough outside my head, but inside that sucker? Good grief! It's a nightmare! So, my plan was to stay asleep, so I didn't have to try to smile at people and act like they wanted me to act. #everythingisnotfine

But, it just hit me that when I do this, I deny them the opportunity to learn what the struggle is like for people like me with a constant gray cloud of unhappy over my head no matter what the celebration or occasion for happiness is. People NEED to know this struggle is not one we choose but one we choose to fight even if we're hanging on by our fingernails... very weak, prone to breaking fingernails. #iwillfightforyoutoo

I'm learning something almost daily from the people here who share their struggles, their fights, and the wins and losses they have walked (or sometimes run like hell) through. Thank you for changing my mind.

#weareallfighters #everydayisawin