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Backstory:
I am prone to depression sometimes. Being sick makes my body feel so sick and weak but it also makes me feel weak emotionally. I have noticed when I am sick or when my body feels awful because of my chronic illness, it is hard on those days to not get down on my life and feel happy. My therapist has taught me that it is ok to feel down and depressed sometimes. It is important to acknowledge those feelings. But I need to get myself out of those feelings as well. I need to be happy and grateful for what I have. Some days it is easier than other days to get out of those depressed thoughts and feelings.

Finding Light Beyond the Clouds

This week I had a terrible cold and I was really tired and sick,
Feeling like that for about a week is something I wouldn’t pick.
I was wondering if this sickness I would ever kick,
And I just felt like I had been hit with a huge brick.

Then today I woke up and felt so much better physically,
And once that happened I also felt better emotionally.
I think those two are connected and when one is out of whack it affects the other one pretty significantly,
This made me think that when I was sick I felt like I had a big cloud over my head literally.

Some days when it is cloudy and rainy outside it makes me feel gloomy with myself inside,
Even though I try to be happy on those days I think these things coincide.
I also know that how I feel emotionally I can definitely decide,
Every time I feel like that then it’s quite an emotional ride.

When I felt better after being sick it was like the sun had come out to shine just for me,
It had been a rough week and it was like I was blind and I was finally able to see.
And yes I know that I am human and I will get sick again and I might want to flee,
But the sun always comes up and I just need to remember that this is the key.

I also know that my soul will have days when things feel kinda bleak,
And then I will have times when more sunshine in my soul I will seek.
But I think that all of us have times when we feel emotionally weak,
And then we can also have times when we can see clearly like we are high on a mountain peak.

The Takeaway: We all have days when we are sick physically or we are having a hard time. We just need to remember that the sun always comes up and that there is always hope even when we are feeling down or depressed. 

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