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RemovedApr 28Liked by Ashleigh Vaughn
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Yes, I often thought my own struggles would keep me from finding or keeping a mate and that hasn't been the case. I hope your next person is able to love you through it.

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Thank you for this.

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Thank you for reading!

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Apr 25Liked by Ashleigh Vaughn

Thank you for this. As someone who has struggled to love a sibling through their depression out of not understanding the experience, only years later to find myself in postpartum depression and feel like a burden to my husband and those around me. This is so necessary 🤎

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Whew, postpartum is a whole other beast and could have its own post for sure. I hope you were and are still surrounded by so much love and grace.

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Apr 25Liked by Ashleigh Vaughn

You’ve described so much that resonates with me and my experience—as a depressed person and as a friend to depressed people (bc we all have different experiences). Thank you for this. 🫶🏾

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Yes we can all experience things so differently so I tried to be general to cover a wide range of folks. Thank you!

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Thank you. We’ve been going through this with our teen daughter, and I also navigated it my entire childhood with a depressed parent. Your writing gave me a couple of lightbulb moments. ❤️

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I'm glad I could trigger some thoughts, I hope they are helpful ones!

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You nailed it, Sis 🫶🏾

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Thank you Karen!

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This is a great list, Ashleigh. Thank you.

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Thank you, A!

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May 5Liked by Ashleigh Vaughn

I love this. Thank you.

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Thank you Megan!

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