Nobody Told Me

I got this idea from a Buzzfeed UK/Buzzfeed Facebook post...so if you haven't, check them out...

What nobody told me about having depression...
How to get out of my darkest days, how much I could hurt those around me, how much I would hurt myself, how many people would gather around me, how much weight I would lose once on regular medication, how much better I'd feel about myself-once on regular medication, how many good days I'd have, what those days would be like, and who would be in them, that I would overcome it-most days...

What nobody told me about having anxiety...
How bad it would get, how many nights I'd sit frozen, unable to do anything but scream at those I love the most, how much I'd worry about things out of my control, how many people would respond to my frantic texts, how quickly they'd respond, how kindly they'd respond, how I'd become closer friends with some, how I would have an as needed med for anxiety, and not taken it in about a year, because I would overcome it-most days...

What nobody told me about having CP...
That things would always be different, harder at first, I'd never be normal, that I would always need an extra hand,how cruel others can be, how kind others can be, that I would still have normal friends, be treated normally, not spoken down to, how quickly I can adapt, how easily I would overcome it- most days...

Most days I have conquered what nobody told me I could, what actually some were unsure I would ever come out of fully, and I have...