To All People Suffering from Depression

We all know and understand that depression is a serious disease and a difficult problem for teenagers and adults to solve. Depression creates intense feelings of loneliness which can lead people to dangerous situations. So many people get in trouble when they are depressed, because they are hiding it and they don’t want to talk about it or get help. That is how you may find yourself in great danger.

I had a friend who lost his family and was having difficulties in his life. He was only 15 years old when he lost his parents. My uncle took him as is own son to live with him. My uncle introduced me to him and said that we should always be together. We used to hang around, going to school and doing our homework together. He always helped me a lot in agriculture and math. I thought that as long as he was living with my uncle, there would be no problems or difficulties for him. One day, after school, when we were going home he asked me if we should go for a swim. I responded yes; I always love to swim. We walked to the river and when we reached the river, he took his clothing off and jumped into the water. Before I jumped in I went to get some fruits, because I was starving.

When I returned, I didn’t see him. I didn’t know what was going on with him. I sat for a second and started asking myself where he could be. Then I walk around the river calling his name, but he didn’t answer. I kept calling, but I couldn’t see him. By chance, when I turned and looked into the water, I saw a body. I did not take time to remove my clothes. I just jumped in and pulled him out of the water. I was shocked and scared. I don’t know exactly why he stayed for that long in the water.

I asked him what he was trying to do staying that long under the water. He responded that he had no happiness in this world. Living without his parents is living in death, he said. That is why he tried to kill himself. We talked for almost one and a half hours. I told him we should go home and talk more about everything because it was getting dark. When we reached home, I talked to my uncle about the incident. My uncle was scared too and decided to take him to hospital. He was admitted to the hospital and spent two months in the hospital. While there, he was found to have a disease called TB and he did not have enough blood. The good news was he got treatment and he got out of the hospital. He spent three weeks at home getting better.

After the three weeks, my uncle asked him to join a youth program so that he could get himself involved in activities. He participated and joined the group. He was doing a lot of activities, like volunteering in the community. He was also helped by friends and received counseling. He was inspired and started socializing with other peers He felt better and he went back to school and did well. He was chosen in our school as one of the brave students; he got a scholarship to go to Australia. He was really thankful for the help he got from the hospital and the counseling he received from the community and in the school. He always writes back home to the community and my uncle thanking them for the help he received from them.

I too have learned that community support is important to have a happy life. I have also been depressed, but not exactly the way my friend was. My depression was just the result of getting angry at friends. We had been playing soccer, and I was the only young player on the team. They used to ignore me whenever I had an opinion about our team. They said bad things about me, bullying me. I felt ignored and grew despondent. When I got home, I didn’t talk to my family. They asked for my help, but I didn’t help. Finally, I felt guilty ignoring my family and feeling lonely was not helping. I started involving myself in the household. I tried to fix things and I got involved in activities which helped me to stay out of depression. I really believe this is the key.

My point of writing this essay is to help people understand that being depressed does not mean that you should do terrible things in your life. To get rid of depression you should not veil it. You need to verbalize it to your parents or your peers. You need to talk to people that you know who understand your ambition. In this way you can interact with people and have that effort to accomplish things you never thought of. My uncle used to say the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. There is a saying that sickness accompanies a waning moon, which means a new moon cures diseases. It also means that you may feel sick but if you ask for help or go to the hospital you will get a cure for your sickness. Most people say thoughts breaks the heart. But expressing yourself to one another is a way to show your feelings and heal your heart.