Lucky

Throughout my life i have heard of many who have dealt with depression, but typically only after they had acted on it and taken their own life. I never really even thought it was a possibility for me. Then my senior year of high school hit. I put on a facade because of the stigma around the word “depression.” I struggled a lot for about a year, and never told anyone, not even my boyfriend because I didn’t even know if I truly was depressed. I was lucky enough to get out of that mindset before I acted on it, but I know so many who can’t.