Welcome to Sincerely Candice! A Blog for those living with Chronic Depression

Hi friend,

Welcome to Sincerely Candice.

Creating this space has been on my mind for a long time because I know what it feels like to try and show up like everything is all good on the outside while quietly falling apart inside.

For years, I carried pain that most people could not see. 

I lived through trauma that changed me. I struggled with depression that made even the simplest days feel heavy. I battled anxiety that made me feel like I could jump out my own skin.

And for a long time, I thought this was just life and I had no choice but to push through and carry all of it by myself.

I believed being strong meant staying silent. No complaining, No letting those around me know that I battled everyday just to function.

I had no idea what healing meant or that I even needed to heal. My motto “it is what it is.”

I lived in survival mode for so long. Surviving the intrusive thoughts, disassociating enough to survive the trauma of my past, Keep functioning enough to survive another day without falling apart.

But healing taught me something different.

Healing taught me that strength is not pretending. 

Strength is honesty. 

Strength is letting yourself admit when you are hurting. 

Strength is choosing to keep going, even on the days when simply getting out of bed feels like a victory.

Strength is saying I need help because I don’t know how to fix me.

Strength is choosing to address the uncomfortable, the painful, the shame.

Strength is learning to give yourself grace. 

Somewhere in the middle of my own journey, I realized I could not be the only person feeling this way.

 I realized this was my testimony to share.God can turn pain into purpose and just maybe my experience could help and encourage someone else whose suffocating in a world of gray but still trying to hold on.

That is why I created this space.

Here, we will talk about the hard things. The quiet things. The messy parts of healing that people do not always speak about.

But more than anything, I want this to be a place where you feel understood and seen.

Because I know how powerful it can be when someone finally says:

me too.

Thank you for being here.

I hope this space reminds you that no matter what you are carrying, you do not have to carry it alone anymore.

Sincerely Your, 

Mental Health Girly... Candice