Depression
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The biggest challenge that I have faced in my life has become my greatest victory. I have had depression for four years now. Realizing I had depression, speaking out about the problems I was facing and accepting myself for who I am has been a very satisfying and humbling experience.
For a long time I denied that there was something wrong with me. Slowly, I began to take myself out of contact with the world. I quit hanging out with my friends and crying in my room became an everyday experience. Basketball, a sport that I loved to play and had achieved many awards in, was not important anymore and I decided to quit playing. I didn't understand what was going on inside of me and I just wanted to go away and never come back. Then one day I came to terms with my depression and myself, which will forever be etched in my memory.
How could a person like me possibly have depression?..