Posts Tagged ‘depression’
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It’s starting to feel like fall around here in the suburbs of San Francisco, which is saying a lot since the temperature doesn’t fluctuate very much during the year. There’s a slight crispness to the air, and the leaves are dripping with red and gold. It’s times like this when I like to curl up…
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My 4th grade science teacher, Mr. Armstong, was always trying to get us kids to think outside the box and look at the world through creative eyes. A favorite memory of mine is when Mr. Armstrong read Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax aloud on Earth Day. His eyes got a little teary, and I learned that…
Read MoreHow Trying to Kill Myself Saved My Life
I was 15 years old, and my life was over. It was the middle of the night, and I had swallowed as many pills as I could find in the house. Dozens? Hundreds? I wasn’t counting. I just wanted all the hurting to stop. School was a nightmare for me, and bullies taunted me for…
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