This morning, the host of a show I love tweeted this:
Happiness is a choice. just putting that out as a reminder today.
— Nicole Curtis (@NCRehabAddict) July 19, 2013
And I died a little inside.
Because I’m sure she meant it as a way to lift people up. Instead it tore me down. And I’m sure it wounded every one of her followers that struggles with Depression.
Because it’s not a choice for them.
For them, it’s a disease.
This is the stigma of mental illness.