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I am sending this mail from Guwahati, Assam. I have been suffering from
depression since my childhood and because of this, I can‘t do anything
properly. I have completed my education and it was very hard to do so. In
spite of being educated, I am unemployed became of my depression. I cannot
talk properly to anyone, cannot take the right decisions and I feel nervous very
often. My mind doesn‘t support me. I always feel shy and it‘s very difficult to
survive like this in this competitive world. My life is being spoiled.
Due to my unemployment, it is difficult to pay rent and I am losing my
tolerance and will to live. Moreover, I have taken treatment for depression but
it is long and expensive, and so, I stopped it. I know of many people who are
suffering like me.
-Hitesh
I am a mother of a 16-year-old boy. I became pregnant for the second time
but due to medical complications, I had to terminate it. I went into severe
depression since I wanted to have a baby girl and I wanted my son to have a
sister. I then adopted a beautiful three-month-old girl. We are a very happy
family today.
-Apala
A s a victim of school bullying, I know just how much it can shatter someone‘s
confidence. I am a strong person and even then it was humiliating to go
through it in high school for two years. Even at the age of 28, I see remnants of
it in my life from time to time. The self-doubt and insecurity are crippling.
Turning to food for comfort creates guilt and can be a vicious cycle. It is not
okay to pull someone else down just so that you can feel good about yourself.
No one has the right to judge and break a person down to the point where they
are driven into depression.
-Sharmila
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depression since my childhood and because of this, I can‘t do anything
properly. I have completed my education and it was very hard to do so. In
spite of being educated, I am unemployed became of my depression. I cannot
talk properly to anyone, cannot take the right decisions and I feel nervous very
often. My mind doesn‘t support me. I always feel shy and it‘s very difficult to
survive like this in this competitive world. My life is being spoiled.
Due to my unemployment, it is difficult to pay rent and I am losing my
tolerance and will to live. Moreover, I have taken treatment for depression but
it is long and expensive, and so, I stopped it. I know of many people who are
suffering like me.
-Hitesh
I am a mother of a 16-year-old boy. I became pregnant for the second time
but due to medical complications, I had to terminate it. I went into severe
depression since I wanted to have a baby girl and I wanted my son to have a
sister. I then adopted a beautiful three-month-old girl. We are a very happy
family today.
-Apala
A s a victim of school bullying, I know just how much it can shatter someone‘s
confidence. I am a strong person and even then it was humiliating to go
through it in high school for two years. Even at the age of 28, I see remnants of
it in my life from time to time. The self-doubt and insecurity are crippling.
Turning to food for comfort creates guilt and can be a vicious cycle. It is not
okay to pull someone else down just so that you can feel good about yourself.
No one has the right to judge and break a person down to the point where they
are driven into depression.
-Sharmila
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