Depression
"Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems." (www.mayoclinic.org) According to a website at www.adoa.org symptoms of depression can include persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" moods, feelings of hopelessness, guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, loss of interest in activities, difficulty concentrating, change in appetite, and thoughts of suicide. Depression is a very difficult thing to go through. I know the feeling. Just in the beginning of the year I was highly depressed. To start, I had moved to a new school and had zero friends. I felt like no one cared about me. Like I was unimportant to this world. I remember on the first week of school I got dress coded, and my mom told me I could just tell my friends and they would think I was cool. She di...