transmute

"How does it feel to be depressed?" Calum asked the girl who was slightly rocking back and forth on her bed. She was uneasy and anxious but his presence somehow radiated a feel of security around her.

"It's like drowning" her fragile lips start to say. "... but then again you see everyone around you" she slowly says as her eyes pleadingly locks in with Calum. "and they are breathing."