My Heroes: Blogging through Depression with Hero #1
Mondays are going to become my ‘depression heroes’ days. My definition of a hero of depression is one who will not give up getting help or being a help; one who refuses to willingly give in to the doom and gloom of this illness and instead forges on to try anything they can to not only cope, but thrive, despite the odds.
My first hero writes a blog titled “Madsadgirl”. She comes from London, England and she writes anonymously.
Here is an exerpt from a post that she wrote after she had been blogging for 6 months:
I wasn’t really sure what I would write about when I first started, except that I felt that I needed to explain what it felt like, for me, to suffer with depression. My depression was not something new, I had been suffering for nearly 10 years, but because I live on my own it often feels as though there is no-one who I can talk to about how I feel, and even if nobody read the blog, I felt that I was at least speaking my thoughts out loud and not keeping it bottled up inside. I have been asked why I called myself Madsadgirl, and all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. I’m not mad, although there are times when I have doubted my sanity, I am sad some of the time, but there are also times when I am quite happy, and at my age I am stretching a point to call myself a girl, but the name sounded catchy and I couldn’t think of anything else.
This is just a sample of this gal’s casual, friendly, readable writing style. You will feel like you have made a friend soon after you start reading.
Madsadgirl gives some realistic descriptions of the various treatments she has endured and frank conclusions as to their usefulness. She uses her blog as a journal which may or may not appeal to you. But if you are someone who is looking for a place to read about the day to day challenge of depression, with a positive twist, then you may want to visit Madsadgirl.
What I like about her is that she uses hobbies, especially doing things with her hands, to help her cope with depression. I can identify with the therapeutic benefits of arts and crafts. The picture above is an example of one of the whimsical kinds of things she knits while using knitting as a depression coping strategy.
Madsadgirl has won a Mental Health TWIM Award for her blog. Reading her blog can make you feel inspired and less alone and that to me is a depression hero!
What about you? Do you have a depression hero? Would you like to share that with us?
I am so glad you stopped by today! Join me again at ‘Depression Getaway’ and together we will…
…live, care, laugh, share, learn, discover, forgive and recover.
Don’t give up, I’m praying for you!
Wendy Love
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