Struggling... Will Someone Hear Me?

Depression and anxiety flares up without warning, and makes it difficult to express what one is feeling, especially when each attempt to communicate feelings is met with a response of those feelings not being validated. Each person responds to the same life circumstances differently. Some of us don't know how to verbalize what we are feeling, or become afraid to, knowing that the response will be someone telling you just not to feel that way or that they went through the same situation and handled it better.