I’m young. People don’t generally understand how a young person with so much life left ahead of them could be depressed. Some say it’s just puberty, some say it’s hormones. I know what both of those feel like, and they are nothing compared to the grasp depression can have on you. It takes hold of you, and no matter how hard you try to fight it so you can breathe again, it leaves you empty and without energy. I come from a good family. Parents are together, no one close to me has been taken away. And still… it is so hard to be happy. […]
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InspiredHeart
InspiredHeart
I'm 16 and I have felt the chilling, bony fingers of depression nearly my entire life. They held a grip on me. My home life is great. My friends are amazing. But still... there were these thoughts that I couldn't shake and these voices and images that wouldn't go away. No one but a few can understand what that is like.