Depression
It's one of the worst conditions a person can go through and if severe depression is left untreated, then it can be life threatening.
I am one of the many sufferers of clinical depression and I have been through it all. But it didn't just hit me like a huge tidal wave. It had a beginning. I can trace the beginnings of my depression as far back as sixth grade. I have always been an introverted person and it is vital that a person has social connections. I didn't have many friends starting in middle school. I always struggled with meeting new people. Even during class I never raised my hand unless I was forced to.
As the year went by, I felt increasingly lonely and I lost interest in school. Now this is in addition to my parents discovering that I had Attention Deficit Disorder, commonly known as ADD. I kept from my parents that I was feeling depressed. I kept a lot of things to myself such as my feelings, how my day went, and even a lot of things in my spiritual life.
My grades dropped sharply as the semester came to a close. My parents took me to the doctor's and I was diagnosed with ADD. I was prescribed medication and it helped with my concentration. My grades started to rise and I was just happy that I passed all my classes. (with the exception of spanish and math....) The next semester I started to become a little more involved in my classes and I even made a few friends. My depression went away for many years but it started rearing it's ugly head again when I was a senior. This was just the beginning of the story and the roots of my depression
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