Ensayo Narrativo

Depression

I. Definition Of Depression
A. Dictionary Definition
B. Personal Interpretation

II. Realizing My Depression
C. Felt Depression Coming
1.Seventeen Years Old
2. Awesome Darkness
3. Became Bitter
D. Disease Taught To Hate
4. Hated Self
5. Annoyed With Loved Ones
6. Felt Like DrowningIII. Fighting My Depression
E. Episode With Kailey
F. Prozac
7. How Prozac Helped
8. Prozac’s Stigma (worth having in exchange for life)
G. Family GaveStrength And Support

IV. Surviving My Depression
H. Depression Forever With Me
I. Will Not Let Depression Stop Me From Smiling
9. Daily Struggle
10. Wake Up And LookAt Positives
11. Feel Proud That I Have Survived

V. Personal Anthem
J. Sufferers Be Strong
K. Never Give Up Hope

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Narrative Essay
Sufferers of Depression
MyBiggest Fight
The Oxford American Dictionary defines depression as an immense state of sadness or hopelessness, however, anyone who has ever lived with depression knows that nothing, no set numberof words, can truly define such a horrible and self-hating disease. I know this because I am one of the many individuals who suffer from this demon called depression. Only now, after almost threeyears, can I share my story of survival.
Immediately following my seventeenth birthday, I was diagnosed as clinically depressed. To be honest, I could feel it coming before any doctor ever knew. It wasan awesome darkness that spoke to my inner soul and convinced it not to fight for the right to live, smile, and be happy. Not before long, I had lost touch with reality. Everything I looked at, eventhe things and people I loved, were tainted with a sarcastic bitterness. I would wake up and hope that the world would just go on without me. The disease had taught me to hate myself in a way I had...