For every suicide, there are twenty-five suicide attempts; of which ninety percent of all people who commit suicide are diagnosed with depression. One of those suicide attempts was a ten-year-old girl, and that ten-year-old was me. After I attempted suicide, it took a year for me to confess to my mother what I had done. Instantly, I was tested for depression; as an eleven-year old female diagnosed with depression, my life would take a massive turn. Some may say that this turn was good, while I think that it was bad.
As a young girl, I thought that life would be simple. You would go to school, get a job, get married, have kids, and then become a grandparent, so on and so forth. What I didn’t realize was the struggle for excellence that people expect you to achieve. This standard for greatness is being risen year after year, as people reach it constantly.
Though I was young, I could still understand what my parents said to each other night after night. I would be laying in bed and listening to curse words, harsh remarks and threats almost every night. I didn’t seem to know that this form of anger from my Father would deteriorate my mental health, eventually leaving me …show more content…
I would pull myself away from large groups or crowds, which changed my generalized anxiety into a social anxiety. People with social anxiety feel emotional distress whenever you meet situations such as; being introduced to other people, being teased or criticized, being the center of attention, going around the room and having to say something, being watched while doing something, and even in severe cases, talking to someone you have an interpersonal relationship with, whether it is romantic or just friendships. Certainly, these aren’t all the symptoms of social anxiety, but you can tell what life would be like while living with this social phobia. We talk to people everyday and having to meet with these interactions every single day does drain people
As a young girl, I thought that life would be simple. You would go to school, get a job, get married, have kids, and then become a grandparent, so on and so forth. What I didn’t realize was the struggle for excellence that people expect you to achieve. This standard for greatness is being risen year after year, as people reach it constantly.
Though I was young, I could still understand what my parents said to each other night after night. I would be laying in bed and listening to curse words, harsh remarks and threats almost every night. I didn’t seem to know that this form of anger from my Father would deteriorate my mental health, eventually leaving me …show more content…
I would pull myself away from large groups or crowds, which changed my generalized anxiety into a social anxiety. People with social anxiety feel emotional distress whenever you meet situations such as; being introduced to other people, being teased or criticized, being the center of attention, going around the room and having to say something, being watched while doing something, and even in severe cases, talking to someone you have an interpersonal relationship with, whether it is romantic or just friendships. Certainly, these aren’t all the symptoms of social anxiety, but you can tell what life would be like while living with this social phobia. We talk to people everyday and having to meet with these interactions every single day does drain people