So last year I made A train to celebrate my cakeday. This year I wanted to do something similar, but life is getting in the way (although in a good way). It was too much work.

I'm not as active as I was here, probably most of you never saw my avatar, but I want to make this cakeday a little more public.

Most of us struggle with depression in a way or another. I had a friend who decided it was enough for her. Last year I was just out of another depression episode, stuck in a job I didn't like, but working with a good team of people. It took me a full 4(four) years of perseverance and grinding and weakness and strength and courage; and so in september I succeeded. My career as an education specialist took off.
I still have some panic and anxiety attacks, but things are good these days. I hope that my humble experience can give some of you the courage to go on. Pain can end, sadness too.

Know that not being alone is one of the key element to get out of these kind of rut. Not just with anybody, but a good selection of good friend/people who listen and are compassionnate. Also, try to do good around you.
Doing something good makes you feel better. Not much, but just enough to make a stranger smile or a friend to have it a little easier.

For those who don't struggle with depression, don't try to give advices or to settle the problem; be there to listen, to hug, to change the mindset of your friends, that's what they really need.

For those who are stuck in a rut, don't give up, do something small everyday in the way of your dream, it maybe won't get you were you wish, but it's going to get you closer of where you're needed.

To all, I have a lot of affection for you's. It helped me a lot to chat with users from this site, with the SG and Kawaii groups mostly.

I made some public LVL1 GA's I'm linking here because this cakeday is about being out there

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/REHwb/the-dwarves
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/B3ARQ/battle-chef-brigade-deluxe
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/7I5Bz/zombie-night-terror
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/d7dXE/sudden-strike-4
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/lXrVa/interplanetary-enhanced-edition
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/1DpLP/figment
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/uWUc8/hitman-the-complete-first-season-prologue-episode-1-6-bonus-episode
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/27S9t/we-were-here-too

And one for my blues, you always make me smile !
if you want to be part of the blue, just chat with me in one of the GA, share something, give to someone else, voice it... i'll see what can be done
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/aGRrZ/nuclear-throne

A lot of love !

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Potatoes ?

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What the heck ?
C'est bon les patates !

Happy cake day. Here's to many more.

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Happy belated cake!

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Happy Cakeday :D

5 years ago
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Happy late 🎂day, absolutely3rd!

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happy cake day!

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Happy cakes!

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Happy belated Factory Day! :-)

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[Note] This Celebratory Greetings will only activate on your next Cake day!
Happy Cake Day! \(^o^)/
Thank you for sharing your gifts and your views for this discussion. (^_^)b
Here's +1 Happiness for your day, -1 Unhappiness for you
Warmest Regards and Cheers, Cruse~

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<3

thanks in advance !

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Glad to hear that things are going better. Good luck with your job, and keep on fighting for your happiness and winning! :)

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^_^

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<3

thanks JustDucky

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it's never too late to celebrate a cake day, have a fabulous belated one

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Happy birthday and all that fun stuff

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I'll share mine with you...

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<3

I hope your ratio will be kinder on you in the near future

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Happy c[l]ak[t]eday!!!!

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bump

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I'm glad that you find the strength to move on and stay optimistic for yourself and other people, and I hope everything in your life will be only better. Happy belated cakeday, love and peace to you too!

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I wish the same thing for you and your loved ones Meverw

<3

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Thank you!

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Thank you for your candid post. I hope it helps somebody who needs it.

And happy cakeday, absolutely3rd.

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I hope so too ^_^

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Happy cakeday!

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happy late cake day

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Happy belated cakey!
It is always good to hear people handling their depression and don't let it get in the way of life. It is also very encouraging to hear. It is not as easy as it seems to put yourself out there. Good luck with life

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Not it is not, when the first barrier is down, there's another one just a little further along the way. With the good persons around it becomes a little more fun to try and pass these though.

Cheers ^_^

<3

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Happy (late)cake day and good to read things are going better for you.
It's good to get stories from the other side of depression when you're deep in it. It helps to know that there is an end to the tunnel and that some find it.
And when you go through anxiety, look behind you at all you went through and all you accomplished to get where you are now, and remember you are stronger than you think.

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happy cake day and bumpppp

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bump! applying to WL ^^.

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<3

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Hey, 3rd! 🥉
I'm sorry to hear about your friend and that you share my daily struggles.
I am however very glad to see that you are getting more out of life 💚
Keep getting better!
Also, we miss you in our semi-active Kawaii discord server 🎈 Feel free to drop by anytime.

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<3
Struggles of a generation. Hope you're doing fine even though.
I'll stop by soon. When'll you be there?

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Yeah. I'm surviving for the time being, trying to look hopefully towards the future, but as time goes by I feel like more and more of my dreams have passed their prime and will never be realized so they crawl into the darkness of my mind somewhere to die from starvation while lamenting that I never tried hard enough to realize them...

I'm always there, more or less, LOL, not really, but I'm usually quick to notice pings. So feel free to ping me if I don't notice you coming in 😊 Hopefully I'll be there in a second.

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I understand your concern, from my point of view I worked really hard for around a year before the breakthrough. I did try multiple avenues, but with a clear one in mind. I was lucky to have support.

I wish that you can at least fulfil one of your dreams pal.

Be seeing you !

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