FINALLY.

Soooo my outlook on life started declining in gr.5, and I think gr.8 was when depression started to cloud my thoughts. By the time gr.10 rolled around shit hit the fan and depression totally engulfed me. I started counselling and eventually went on depression medication and things started to look up, I even moved away to kind of get a fresh start. I stayed in counselling but I thought I could handle things without the depression medication and so I stopped cold turkey and as most people could guess things started going downhill again. I decided to go right back on the depression pills a couple weeks after, but sometimes I thought a few more pills would help me along. One day I took a few extra, and then a few more and kept going until I lost count and the bottle was empty. I spent the next week in the hospital and was put in foster care when I was released. I decided to put off killing myself until I was sure that it was the only option. I kept going to counselling and eventually moved in with my cousins. Its a year later now and it brings me joy to announce that my counselling sessions are officially over because my depression is over. Don't think for a second that it wasn't a lot of hard work. At some moments I completely lost hope, but now I can honestly say that I am happy. I feel like a completely different person! I can barely comprehend how distressed I used to be and I doubt that I'll ever sink that low for that long again. Thanks to my family, friends, teachers and counselors I have developed skills that will get me through the highs and lows of life. I did it, with your help, and its finally over :)