At the start of my sophomore year of college, I had to sit down with a friend and tell him that his ex-girlfriend was not only never going to date him again, but she was leaving school to get away from him. She had tipped me off that he was severely depressed and suicidal and had been emotionally abusing her as a way of coping. We talked for six hours.
It was the hardest conversation I have ever had.
I’ve had depression since I was 7 or 8 years old – never as severe as what he was going through, but I have felt a lot of […]