I Am Depressed

I've always hated the "dark cloud" metaphor people use for depression. For me, it feels more like a thick goop that surrounds. You have to trudge through it everyday, it leaves you both physically and mentally exhausted. it weighs you down and makes you feel gross, yet it also masks your true feelings to others. Sometimes you fall down and the goop makes it that much harder to stand back up. It's always there, hanging on, communicating with you as a voice in the back of your mind. It tells you, you'll never be good enough, you'll never be okay, and other negative things. It makes you feel helpless and alone, having to face the struggle on your own. You try to break free, but there's no way out, sometimes there are glimpses of light. But it's mostly and endless, tiring walk with no destination.