What It's Like

Depression is exhausting

They wonder why I’m always tired

Try spending every minute you’re awake
Deciding whether or not to take your life

Try spending every minute not feeling important to anyone

Try spending every minute with anxious racing thoughts

Try spending every minute hating yourself, and seeing no way out

Try spending every minute forcing yourself to see the positive because, in reality, all you see is the negative

Try spending every minute feeling hopeless, empty, and lost

Try spending every minute in a body that wants to survive and a mind that’s not

Try spending every minute watching the world around you grow darker

Try spending every minute lying to yourself saying you’re okay

Try spending every minute distracting yourself with random tasks

Try spending every minute wondering why the pills don’t work

Try spending every minute feeling like you’re drowning while everyone around you is happy and loving

Try spending one minute inside my head

I guarantee you you’ll wonder how I’m not dead.