Poornitha Instagram – I might be smiling here, but I’ve had (still have sometimes) my share of downs. There are so many of us suffering from internal pain that we don’t even want to experience but it exists. And it feels like it’s about to engulf our entire life. It’s something we can’t even explain. There is a name for it… Depression. Over a period of time, after a lot of self doubt and fear, I realised it’s ok to talk about it. And now I think we SHOULD talk about it. Social media does have its good side but the dark side is that we see few happy posts of people and think their life is perfect and we should be living like that. We start doing things that others do, we start pretending, being someone we are not, living a lie. And then finally hating ourselves for that too. Because that’s not us. It’s not sustainable. Depression is a daily battle within ourselves. It’s very difficult. Life becomes meaningless. Thoughts get heavier. It’s ok to not feel ok. It’s ok that our life is not perfect. If you are sad, it’s ok to show it. We have to accept that we are not ok and get the help we need, whether it’s talking to a friend or getting professional help. There’s nothing wrong with it. There are also a lot of people who don’t know what depression is and they can’t relate to people who go through it and that’s ok. Let’s deal with our individual lives. We have to help ourselves get better. To all those strong people going through depression. It’s ok. We are ok. We can fight this. We don’t need to be somebody we are not. Sending you all lots of love :)#kalyaniunfiltered #vsco #vscocam Birmingham, United Kingdom