It can sssssssssssneak up on you

Hey everyone.  Today I have a special mani to show you.  While everyone knows when it comes to October it's all about breast cancer awareness, it's also depression awareness month.  Depression is actually a very normal part of our lives.  When you feel sad or blue you say you are depressed.  Many of you know I lost my father to complications from chemotherapy recently.  I am still very depressed about this.  I love my dad, I can't imagine living my life every day without him, BUT dying is the only guarantee we have in this life.  I cry and I get very angry when I think of my father's dying but I know this will ebb.  I know this because I also lost my beautiful sister, Lisa, to breast cancer 3 years ago.  I've also gone through a divorce and a break up which left me very sad.  People will often say something I think is dumb, such as, time heals all wounds.  Time heals a physical wound not a wound of the heart and soul.

My green mani for Depression Awareness is one that shows just how depression can creep up on us.  It's silent and steady and sometimes without help it can be deadly.

There is a difference between depression and clinical depression.  Plain or simple depression is considered as a normal occurrence of everyone's life.  that doesn't mean it's plain or simple--losing a loved one, a  pet, a job--are all things that can cause plain or simple depression.  When they are happening to us they don't feel plain or simple.  They feel heart wrenching.  

When depression starts to hinder your everyday living--i.e you can't get out of bed, you can't eat or sleep, you can't work then you're not looking at simple or mild depression.  When depression lasts longer than 6 months, when it affects your everyday life to the point you no longer function as you once did this is clinical depression.  This is where you really should seek professional help.

Sometimes we like to think we can diagnose and treat ourselves.  Please don't do this with something like depression.  If you are depressed and it lasts more than 6 months, if you aren't eating or sleeping, if you can't get out of bed, or go to work, please seek help, you are not alone and you don't have to suffer.

My mani is done with a base of Zoya Ray--it might be my new favorite green.  I stamped on it using the green Bohemians Unpredictable, Rare & Radiant and Deviantly Daring.  The image plate is Mash 42.


This is a month long collaboration to focus on Depression Awareness.  Please stop by to see what all the other gals have come up with