‘No One Wants to Hear This’

That voice that would leave you silent is the one you need to push back against

Sometimes our struggle is exactly the story someone else needs to hear. FetViewRoom/Shutterstock

One of the most challenging things about my November 2019 TEDx was talking about the depression that I experienced transitioning out of the military.

The darkness and the lack of purpose ultimately landed me in my bedroom closet wondering whether or not I should take my life. That was a very dark, embarrassing moment for me. It’s something that I still wrestle with.

Even writing about it has me cringing.