Love and Acceptance

I have had a hard time deciding how to go about my blog.  In the end, I have decided that I am just going to share what is on my mind at the time I write and somehow it will all come together in the end.  

Sunday night we had a couple over for dinner.  During the conversation the woman started talking about how she wished she had gotten help for her depression long before she did.  She is in her 70s and talked about how things like that were never really talked about, let alone dealt with.  My heart hurt for her!  She said multiple times that she would have been a better mom to her children, and a better wife had she just gotten help.  

It got me thinking about my life.  I sat in my depression and eating disorder alone for so long.  I can't imagine where I would be now had I not reached out for help.  But more importantly, now that I have reached out and I have shared my story, I can't imagine not sharing it.  I firmly believe one of the reasons I have gone through and am going through what I am, is because I am meant to help others.  The feedback I have received from people has been so amazing!  I want everyone who has suffered in silence to have that same love and acceptance.  

We are in the generation that needs to change the way mental illness and eating disorders are looked at.  We need to respond with positivity, love, and acceptance.  That is the only way more people will be willing to talk and share their stories.  

If there is something you do not understand about these conditions, please do not just judge someone who is living them.  Ask, research, love, accept.  It sounds simple.  It IS simple.  I know I am not alone in my thoughts, feelings and experiences.  I know there are still so many suffering in silence.  Please reach out.  Please push past the fear and allow yourself to get on the track to happiness. I did it, You can do it.  We will do it!