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Personal Narrative: Clinical Depression

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Depression is the number one disorder to take over a person's life, I didn’t allow it to take over mine. I became clinically depressed in the seventh grade, just as my emotions decided to take over. I was always the girl who valued her grades and planned for the future, but depression started to grasp me and keep me from pursuing my morals of a good education. When I noticed how low my grades would get, realization hit me like a brick to the face, I wasn't going to allow my depression to steal my dreams from me. The disorder we call depression killed my hope, left me crying constantly, but it made me push myself to get better grades and gives me opportunities for the future. Mental health disorders like depression often start when someone is in the Junior High, that happened to be my case. I had a completely happy childhood minus a few moments, but I never thought those few moments would start a chain reaction to me getting depression, anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder. I was probably eleven when I started to lock myself in my room all day and just sleep. I didn’t want to put any extra effort into my simple life which seemed complicated at the time. I never wanted to hang out with friends or go out to a movie with my family, sleeping seemed …show more content…

I didn’t understand my disorder, I only thought I was sad. Depression is more severe than sadness though, it literally ruins people’s lives. I didn’t let it ruin mine, and others should look at my experience as an example. Just because someone is depressed doesn’t mean their life should end right there. Push the monster that is known as depression to the side and fight to ensure your future will not fall apart because of the temporary sadness. You may feel like laying in bed and crying is the best option for life in the moment, but it really isn’t. Push yourself and you won’t regret it, showing depression up made me a stronger person and a prouder

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