Second article draft
Depression. I'm sure that you would of heard someone in your family or atleast someone who was aorund you mention this work.
Individuals deal with depression differently according to what they feel fit however
depression does not only affect and hurt the individual who is going through it
but also effects the people around them which can leave a very big impact in their
life. This may not mean anything to you as you may of never had anyone whom you know personally who has suffered from depression. Today I am going to be talking about a teenager whom name I am going to
keep anonymous and how someone in her family dealt with depression and her own
story. In this article I will be referring
to the teenager as Lauren.
Lauren had a very happy childhood however on July 20th 2004
someone who was very close to Lauren had passed away. Her auntie Julie. Julie
had committed suicide when Lauren was only 8 years old and when Julie had
passed away it left a big dent in Laurens life in the way that her family acted
and her view on depression itself. As the years went on Julie was spoken about
occasionally within family conversations, however as Julies anniversary went
past, Lauren could not help to wonder how life would have been like if she and
her Aunt Julie around and what she would be like. From these constant thoughts
Lauren had slowly drifted into grief but pulled herself out of it. After experiencing
this during her Junior year she decided she wanted to create awareness of
depression and felt that it needed to be done in justice of her Auntie Julie.
Gathering friends, Lauren planed a convocation which would
be held at a variety of different high schools including her own and this was
the first project that Lauren had conducted herself and was socially done. The
project was called Down with Depression which included 50 hours of planning and
fundraising of $2000 however Lauren wanted to make sure that during these talks
she would educate and inform the audience of how she felt losing her auntie and
depression in general and this overall had a very big impact on the wide number
of audiences she was educating.
This story was very heart-warming due to how much courage Lauren had and the way she went about educating people about depression. As a teenager you are not often aware of your surrondings and what people are going through because you are too busy living your own life. Anyone, of any age can suffer from depression and there is many ways to get help,support and one of the most common ways that is used is support groups. Support groups are very common as they are a very common way that many people use as it can be accessed online or by referal by your GP. This is one example of a method that is widely used across people who suffer from depression.
This is a very inspirational story that we should all considered. You are not alone with depression and if you need any help there are a variety of different ways you can get help. Depression is not something to be ashamed off, it is very common and getting the right help will help in you leading a normal, happy life. Depression does not define you!
This story was very heart-warming due to how much courage Lauren had and the way she went about educating people about depression. As a teenager you are not often aware of your surrondings and what people are going through because you are too busy living your own life. Anyone, of any age can suffer from depression and there is many ways to get help,support and one of the most common ways that is used is support groups. Support groups are very common as they are a very common way that many people use as it can be accessed online or by referal by your GP. This is one example of a method that is widely used across people who suffer from depression.
This is a very inspirational story that we should all considered. You are not alone with depression and if you need any help there are a variety of different ways you can get help. Depression is not something to be ashamed off, it is very common and getting the right help will help in you leading a normal, happy life. Depression does not define you!
Depression:
https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
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