Beverly's POV

Two months after starting treatment, I finally felt like myself again and the relief was so overwhelming that I cried the first morning I woke up without that crushing feeling in my chest.

The medication had stabilized my mood, the doctor told me that's what the result would be but I had not thought it would be possible after months of drowning in darkness. Therapy had given me coping tools that actually worked instead of just platitudes about thinking positively or trying ...