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Sweet, supportive, loving, incredible Brave Girls….you know that all around you and all around the world Brave Girls just like you are struggling. They don’t show it, but inside they feel it. What if you knew? What if you could see into their hearts? What if she was your sister or your daughter or your mom. Today our question is…
What would you tell a Brave Girl who is dealing with depression (either her own or someone else’s)?
Remember…she is real. What would you tell her if you had a quiet minute together? Leave a comment and tell her…she’ll find it.
xoxo
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Dear dear Brave Girl–
I have watched you for so long now, so many ups and downs, so many failed dreams, so many longings, so many quiet daily struggles to find peace, to find rest, to find normalcy, to find happiness.
Remember this in those dark overwhelming moments: YOU ARE LOVED.
And more than this, you are ADMIRED for your strengh, as I see you try to hold your head above the water. I don’t know where you got this courage from, but you are so very BRAVE in these struggles.
If I could, I would wrap my arms around you and keep you safe from those demons, But it doesn’t work that way, and my wanting that doesn’t make it so. This is a fight you need to do by yourself. But remember, you are never alone. Those of us who love you, will always be there to support you when you need a rest. Medication helps. I am so thankful for that.
I am always thankful for you. For each day I have you in my life.
So keep on digging deep for that courage, I stand tall and am so proud to say you are my daughter.
Always with LOVE,
MOM
i would tell my fellow brave girl that she too is brave like me… it is important to acknowledge how we are feeling but then we need to do something about it. Thoughts become things, a lesson that i learned from reading the book The Secret. Find things that make you laugh even if it is hard, meaning in the smallest of things, breathe deep, cry, do yoga, run, write, draw, anything to get out the negative so that positive happy things can find you. Have faith that even though you are being tested YOU will succeed. You are brave in your heart and need to learn to be brave in your thoughts. It is a challenge but nothing is impossible and you too can be the HAPPIEST person on earth
Each day that you wake up is a blessed day! Brave girls don’t give up and we won’t give up on you either 
You did not cause it.
You cannot control it alone.
You cannot cure it.
But, you can get help for the biochemical imbalance in your brain (yes your brain is at fault, not you!)
That help requires you to define and/or seek out an Advisory Board of Your Health.
Your Advisory Board may include:
you (required)
a primary care physician
a psychiatrist
a psychologist
a pharmacist
family members
good friends
good nutrition
sleep
exercise
time outdoors
All these people and things are there for you. To help you make decisions, to help you feel better and to help you stay on track. This may seem overwhelming, but it is ok to just do one thing today. That’s all you need to do today – make one phone call, or take a walk outside. Only one thing. Tomorrow is a new day. Do only one thing tomorrow too.
What a wealth of wisdom, love and compassion among the Brave Girls Club. I, too, have been under the grips of depression and now realize I have been for a couple of years. I found this incredible community at just the right time. I have finally become excited about something again.
My advice to anyone going through depression is that it is temporary. You are magnificent! Know that, affirm it. Each day set a goal to do one thing that you don’t feel like doing. Just one. Give yourself credit for doing so. Get outside and into the sunshine. Get into nature and just be there in the present moment. Do something for someone else. Connect with your Higher Power, Divine Source, God or whatever name you call it. See and feel this Power filling every cell in your being and infusing you, healing you, and loving you UNCONDITIONALLY. On days when you can’t do the things you need or want to do forgive yourself and draw on the Power of the Divine to help you do so.
My dear Nana worked for most of her adult years for a hospital and I can remember her saying so many years ago (probably in the 1970s) that people sought and received medical care for illness/disease of their physical bodies and thought nothing of it. And we should do the same when there is illness or disease of our brains or mental capacities. She was far beyond her time and I’ve never forgotten her words.
Take great care of yourself Brave Girl. We love you and are here to hold you up into the Light when you need it, to walk beside you, and to be the mirror that reflects the truth about you – that you are magnificent and you deserve only the best!
Whew! Depression… here is one I can talk about. I just got out of a long term relationship 6 weeks ago. I allowed myself about a month to just take it easy and heal. I allowed myself to cry. I allowed myself to eat chocolate. But I did all of this knowing there was going to be an end to it. I woke up Monday morning, I went and joined a gym, got a trainer, went to see my therapist and I am on my way back to a better me. Just remember that no matter what you have been through, you have not wasted your time. It was time spent learning the lesson you needed to learn. Now get up, dust yourself off and move about! You have a life to live!
i know you don’t feel brave right now. i know you feel scared and exhausted and hopeless and ashamed. but you are brave. you have already survived more than some people will ever have to in their whole lives. you are surviving a deadly illness and are still here. that’s brave, even if it doesn’t feel brave. sometimes brave is just getting out of bed in the morning and surviving for another day.
keep going. keep trying. don’t give up! try everything the doctors/therapists tell you, even if it sounds stupid: what if it works? DON’T GIVE UP. YOU ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. DON’T FIGHT ALONE!