LifeStance x Leica – Mental Health Awareness
Video Transcription
0:19
There is innocence in my youth where I swim, walk, and stand strong in hope.
0:27
My shadow never leaves me when I am in my darkest room.
0:32
Do not tell me this is how my future feels.
0:35
I do not want to be your future face, Depression.
0:38
How dare you attempt to attach yourself to my roots?
0:41
Sweet, nostalgic chaos.
0:44
Is there any point in smiling through this pain with a double face as you blur yourself, numb through the motions and the waves, taking away my time and my days?
0:55
If my feet touch the surface for a moment, just a moment, I might be okay.
1:00
Hardly anyone notices the tears I have cried.
1:03
I have created puddles around me now to keep my head above water.
1:07
There is so much I have to do, so much I have to force and convey.
1:10
I do not doubt. I am sure.
1:12
Crash again.
1:14
Another episode, another anxious nightmare hits the shore.
1:18
Purified to some, hopeless to many.
1:22
I welcome these thoughts, these waves.
1:24
Why did I overstay?
1:26
To be numb?
1:28
To be numb.
1:28
There is not one landscape, not one glance, not one set of eyes.
1:35
It takes over your heart, overruling your age at any particular time.
1:40
Collectively, we feel hoping.
1:43
Individually, we heal.
1:45
There is not one stride, not one handshake in rhythm or time, but we find there is one doubt.
1:53
One battlefield for peace of mind. I will sit, tread water, and be with you for calmer waves and better days.
2:03
Through light and darkness, in every way, from the shadows I reveal all I am feeling to emerge from the deep end and begin my healing.
2:13
Why not let it be today?
