This is Me
Hi, my name is Amy. I am a wife and mother of 3. I have 2 Master's Degrees and I am living with Anxiety and Major Depression Disorder (MDD). I was diagnosed with MDD in 2016, but in reality, my journey with depression started long before that. Due to fear of the stigma of being diagnosed with a mental disorder along with negative comments from some that were close to me, I put off getting help for way too long. By the time I was brave enough to finally seek help, I was almost nonfunctional. I would sleep all night, get up and get my kids to school, sleep all day, then get up when my kids go home from school, do their afternoon activities, and then once they were in bed, I'd soon follow and the cycle would repeat itself. Because I was able to do the things necessary to take care of my kids I was called lazy, told that I needed a hobby or to get a job, and told to "pull myself up by the bootstraps and get over it." Even now I am often hesitant to talk