Exclusive Content:

Bullied 6th Grader’s Tears Turn to Joy After Community Rallies to Sign His Yearbook

Brody Ridder's Yearbook Heartbreak The end of the school year...

3 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage When You’re Tempted to Throw in the Towel

"People were placing bets at our wedding. Nobody thought we had a chance."

Sister, I Am Done Apologizing for My Anxiety Making Me a Crappy Friend

“My anxiety and depression can make me a [crappy] friend, but I’m not sorry. ⁣

For as long as I can remember, I have always felt the need to apologize for my mental health struggles. I felt the need to over explain everything. I always felt the need to apologize for canceling plans. ⁣

My mental health struggles come and go. I have good days, and bad days. When I have bad days, or weeks even, I disappear.

I don’t answer many texts, I don’t make plans, and if I do, I cancel them. It makes me not a very dependable friend, sometimes. But I’m not sorry, anymore. ⁣

Sometimes I need to take a break from everyone. ⁣

Sometimes I need to take a step back and be alone, while I figure out what’s going on in my head. ⁣

Sometimes I feel ready to see you again, but I’m really not. I’m not ready to talk about the struggles I’m facing yet. ⁣

I have always felt the need to apologize, and I’m done. ⁣

I don’t choose to struggle with this. ⁣
I don’t choose to have my thoughts racing all day. ⁣
I don’t choose to have a war with my mind every day. ⁣
I don’t choose any of this. ⁣

I’m done apologizing for something I don’t have control over. ⁣

So, yes, sometimes, my mental health will make me a bad friend. But that’s only because it is needed for my own sake. ⁣

So I won’t apologize for that anymore. ⁣

I won’t apologize for doing what is best for me.⁣

And for the friends who have stuck around while I cancel plans, go radio silent, and patiently wait until I’m ready to talk, you’re the real ones. And I’m lucky to have you. ⁣

But, I’m not sorry for doing what I need to do to make my mental health a little bit better. ⁣

I’m not apologizing anymore.”

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Caitlin Fladager (@caitlinfladager)


**This post was written by Caitlin Fladager. See more from on her Instagram page

“I Knew I Had To Do Something to Shock Him” —Mom Calls Police on 10-Yr-old Son, Teaches Lesson in Tough Love

Meet Chiquita Hill, the Columbus, Georgia mom who takes her child's misbehavior seriously, and enacts tough confidence. This mom called the police on her...

Bullied 6th Grader’s Tears Turn to Joy After Community Rallies to Sign His Yearbook

Brody Ridder's Yearbook Heartbreak The end of the school year is supposed to be an exciting time with friends. Kids sign each other's yearbooks and...

3 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage When You’re Tempted to Throw in the Towel

"People were placing bets at our wedding. Nobody thought we had a chance."