I cried reading this. | by Aimee Pearcy | Medium

My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed.

Wil Wheaton

1 min readJun 3, 2018

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I cried reading this. You expressed my own thoughts, feelings and experiences better than I ever could. Thank you, Wil.

Aimee Pearcy

Written by Aimee Pearcy

Tech journalist & copywriter. Contact me at aimee.pearcy@gmail.com

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