ギャランス・ドレのインスタグラム(garancedore) - 8月30日 00時56分

Recently I’ve been good. Happy! Like, my normal self. Wake up smiling. The natural joy I know - and I thought I should tell you. For a little while, I shared about my depression on this platform. Going through such a thing is scary, because it’s unknown territory, and it can be quite dark.
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It showed me that I needed to change my life.
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I always thought I knew how to take care of myself but this showed different ways. I learned to care so much about my sleep, the food I eat, the people I surround myself with - anything that can affect me, I now examine.
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It kicked my ass into learning to live in the present, making peace with my self (thank you, singlehood!) and making meditation and mindfulness the real foundations of my life.
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It showed me that there is nothing more important in life than to know oneself.
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Basically, life grabbed me by the neck and humbled me.
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That said, I want to talk today about not glamorizing depression. Media loves dark, sensational content (or overly, unnaturally happy ahah) and I feel that anytime we rip our hearts open on here, we get the most likes, the more love. One can go fast in enjoying the kind of attention and getting attached and identified with the condition.
Hitting rock bottom is a cool sounding expression and it is used in so many self-help books as an over-dramatized turning point that it can leave people wondering if maybe they should go hit a rock bottom in order to get a hold of that so-called wisdom. .

NO. No one needs it. No one needs to be depressed. Okay? 😊
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But what I would absolutely encourage with all my heart is the work on the self. Therapy, meditation and other modalities that help us get acquainted with our true self are the absolute, ultimate gifts - and we can find these tools without life having to force it on us. Mental health awareness will always be one of my most important missions.
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So today I want to say : I’m good. I took care of it, I took care of myself, and I feel awesome. Depression can be taken care of. We can heal and we can grow. .
Big hugs to you!!!
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My writing, in French means “presence is joy” ✌🏼

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