My Journey With Depression
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It all started 9 years back when I was 16 (Form 4). I was in a full science class. I couldn’t cope with my studies and I failed most of my exams. Things got worse when I entered Form 5. Symptoms of depression started showing up. I started to have less attendance to school, feeling sad and down and I even started to withdraw myself from social life. My parents realized something was wrong so they brought me to a private psychiatrist. Since then, I was diagnosed with depression. The doctor prescribed me with some medications and I was given counselling too.
At that point of life, I couldn’t accept the fact that I have a mental illness. I felt shame about it because I knew nothing about it and at the same time I am scared of the stigma (of people).


