Living with Mental Health Concerns
Mental Health is as Important as your Physical Health
Living with depression can feel like you are always wearing a mask, covering the real you. 
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves to have courage and face life head on…nudist or not.
Living with a Mental Health Concerns
Hi, my name is Ryan and I live with major depressive disorder and anxiety and this is the story of my last 15 years (give or take).
I will focus this blog on depression and will touch on anxiety in a future writing.
Terminology
I don’t use the official term of “mental health illness”. Don’t get me wrong, depression is an illness. According to the American Psychiatric Association, “depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.”
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