okay this thread is gonna be a bit long but i find it helpful when people talk about their struggles so i will be doing the same :)
last year i was diagnosed with severe depression, i was constantly told it was because of covid even though i constantly said that i’ve been feeling depressive symptoms for over 5 years (im 16). my mother is cuban and my dad is white, (1)
so mental health was a touchy subject. depression runs on my dads side of the family so me having it biologically makes sense, still, it was still unknown to me. i’ve seen what depression can do to someone, but to experience it is a whole different thing (2)
still, i told myself i could do it, i could fight through it. i’m in 10th grade, my first quarter i got straight A’s. i was proud, i was able to put my mental health to the side, but this didn’t last. my depression slowly got worse and then (3)
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