Vent …
Sometimes all I feel like I’m good for is cooking and cleaning the house. I don’t feel special or good about myself, it’s just all about taking care of everyone else. I’m sure it’s just my depression.. but it still tricks my mind to thinking bad thoughts
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You’re not “just” anything. Taking care of a whole household and family isn’t small, it’s a full time, emotionally loaded job that people only notice when it doesn’t get done.
Depression has a way of shrinking how you see yourself, like it edits out everything meaningful and leaves you with the bare minimum. But the fact that you keep showing up, even when you feel like this, says way more about you than those thoughts do.
You deserve to feel like more than what you do for others. You’re a whole person, not just a role. And you’re not alone in feeling this way, even if it feels isolating.
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