Give Depression A Name: A letter

Sol Marie
3 min readFeb 16, 2021

I don’t know your name because I try to avoid you. I deny your presence when it’s there. I deny it until I can’t anymore. The constant demands of my everyday life draw my attention away and I think I am safe. My mind is preoccupied dealing with what I can avoid for now. But you constantly pervade me and there is nothing I can do. Even with my mind bustling with the tasks of the day, I feel your presence, pulling me back from the…

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