Mental Health Awareness

  To start with, let me share a personal experience. I am usually an optimistic person, and my buddies are with me every time. One time, I had a lousy week at college, and I was unhappy and alone. But I didn’t believe this would mean I am depressed too, right! I had these dark feelings with a helpless and hopeless outlook on my life. I hated myself with inappropriate guilt. I was continuously asking myself what’s the point of doing all this and had no idea what’s going on. Usually, I got to play basketball in the evening, but that week I just lost interest in doing my favorite things. Many more aspects like getting tired early, couldn’t sleep well, etc. came to me, which never happened before. These things were very odd, so I started to read to know the outcomes if a person is facing these issues. Then I came to know these are the symptoms of being depressed. It was difficult for me to accept it, but I was depressed as most of the college students were during the time of placement...