I've never been (Un)happier

by Shaheen Bhatt

The assumption is that if you have a happy and comfortable life, you have no cause for, or no right to, the despair you’re feeling.

We’re taught early in life to keep our emotions hidden and we’re especially taught that negative emotions have no place in a public domain.

I’ve learned over the years there’s a big difference between wishing you were dead and wanting to kill yourself.

I remind myself if happiness is fleeting, then so is sadness. I remind myself depression is the weather, and I’m a weather-worn tree. I remind myself even the worst storms pass. I remind myself I’ve survived them all.