State of Mind
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Sometimes, depression can feel overwhelming, and the things you try to help might not be working straight away. One thing that can help you is hearing stories from other young people who have been through challenges like yours. We put together this page with stories from young people to share some examples of how depression can affect your life and how you can find your path forward.
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This story is about a young girl trying to live her best life but everybody around her misunderstands her. Perfect doesn't really exist in her world and everyday she tries so hard to make sure she fits it in. All day long she smiles but all night long lonely tears fall from her tired eyes. Depressions creeps around her world every second but no one notices.Complete
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"There comes a point where you no longer care if there's a light at the end of the tunnel or not. You're just sick of the tunnel." - Who I am doesn't matter. How I got here doesn't matter. What matters now is I'm getting help, right? That's what they tell me here. They tell me that the road to recovery feels like a terrible butt fuck, but the fact that you're on the path to begin with, is all that matters. So as I sit in this circle of fuck ups, I realize just how different I am from them. I didn't attempt suicide because my mother was a crack addict who didn't want me. My father wasn't abusive. I didn't have a sibling die in a car accident. I was never really bullied either. I attempted suicide because, for the first time in years, I thought I had found something that could make me feel again... and after not feeling much at all for far too long, perhaps I went a bit overboardComplete
This story is about a young girl trying to live her best life but everybody around her misunderstands her. Perfect doesn't really exist in her world and everyday she tries so hard to make sure she fits it in. All day long she smiles but all night long lonely tears fall from her tired eyes. Depressions creeps around her world every second but no one notices.
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