When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left untouched while you struggled to survive.
Jenny  Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
anxiety, depression, mental-illness, recovery, shame, vulnerability