Personal Narrative: Minor Depression

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“During my middle school years, I prioritized friends and how people think of me over my academic achievement and achieving dreams. I would rather be texting a friend and exploring the vast realm of social media than doing what is actually important, preparing for the future. I let many weaknesses enter my core and my entire year reflected this. I engulfed myself with the wrong people and took every word spoken of me to the heart. This caused a severe plummet in my positive personality. I became dismal, and people around noticed it. I always held in my feelings and thought everything was always acceptable, as long as I had more friends and somewhat knew more of my peers. My state of mind was becoming identical to the people the I surrounded myself with, and let myself become more of a pushover rather than someone that stood up for himself. …show more content…
I disconnected myself from almost everyone around me and fail to abide by simple house rules. During this period, I became very melancholy and gloomy. My family started to notice that I was slowly becoming less of an energetic, positive, loving, and caring individual that I once was. I would stay away from my family and would rather withdraw myself than talk to strangers. I would never make eye contact with people, or converse with people that did not approach me first. As I steadily entered a moderate depression, close friends that I still connected myself with started to notice. I was ultimately referred to my school counselor about my recent behavior. After lots of thought and consideration, I eventually realized that life was not about how people view you, it’s defined by what you make