Forever Being Bianca

Depression is defined as a  mood  disorder   that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. No it doesn't make you weird, different, or broken. It's like diabetes, its just another illness that takes a little extra work to accomodate. Nowadays the importance of raising awareness for mental health is always in the forefront of any kind of social discussion one may have. I was diagnosed with depression when I was 17 When you think of depression in a stereotypical format you think of emo kids with cut wrists, listening to metal bands and who shut themselves out in the dark and complain about how much they hate life. (While I did have a very 'edgy' phase in middle school that wasn't when I really began feeling depressed.)  This is really what depression can look like...  Me 2014 Freaky how  normal  it looks right? Just your average just turned 17 year old who...  Almost didn't pass high school because of truancy...

I never thought of myself as the "blogging" type. I always reserved blogs for the philosophical, DIY, and entrepreneurial types. None which I fit the category of... Nonetheless, here I am typing away trying to think of some catchy attention grabber that doesn't make me seem like a generic hipster who thinks she's too cool to have a blog. I've done a lot of trial and error with different platforms to cope with the daily stressors of life. Yoga, adult coloring books, wine, sleeping, just to name a few. None really stuck with me so what did I decide on? a blog. I want FBB to be as transparent as possible because I have a lot of trouble communicating my real feelings to people when I'm conversating. (I like to use humor and sarcasm to deflect a lot) So without further ado let me give you a brief introduction to me.  My mommy and me Dec. 1997 My first 7 years of life I was an only child. For a majority of the time, it was always "Mommy and Me...