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 Hello everyone, I'm finally updating my site. I'm not sixteen anymore, I turned 18 in November. Let me tell you, life is much different on the other side. I've been through the worst and I'm still here and trying to help everyone I can. In the three years I've had this site up, I've answered every guestbook entry or e,mail I've gotten. It took me a while but I did. This whole project started when I started my search for help online. I needed a site that spoke to me. A site about a way of life, not a medical disorder. Needless to say, I never found one. I did however find these: --A site promoting a book that some doctor wrote and I had to buy --A site published by a doctor telling MY PARENTS what to do. It's my depression, and I'm the one looking for help. --Or a site written by either my parents or another doctor telling parents what to do. Frankly, I was offended that parents and doctors would talk about us, but not TO us. Don't we need it the most it's our depresson. If the doctor would talk to me, I wouldn't need to buy his book. So i started my own site. A place where people could find help like I didn't. A site about what I've been through and more importantly, what I've learned from it. When it comes to depression, I was no new comer. I'd been depressed for more than nine years, I'd attempted suicide at eight, committed at nine, out-patient therapy and medication for another two years. Then, I was older, now I'm older still. I have a voice now. And now i'm using that voice and some cool technology to make this site. Mainly, I want to help people. But I would also like anyone interested in starting a site like this to get in touch with me so that we can start a community. We can help a lot more people with the exposure a community would give us. Depression is a hard thing to live with. You can walk through a crowded room and feel completely alone. It hurts everything about you. If you're depressed or know someone who is, I want you to contact me. I will answer EVERY e,mail or guestbook submission I get. I won't ignore anyone who asks me for help, that's my promise to you. If you've been to any depression site (that isn't trying to sell a book) chances are, you've seen the checklist. It's mostly the same on every site but I'll put mine up. I promise, I'll try to be original. The Checklist: --increased/decreased appetite --morbid or suicidal thoughts --short temper --sleeping less or more --sleeping to avoid life --thoughts of killing other people --feelings of isolation --thinking that no one understands or cares --hate for yourself and/or others I can truthfully say that I've had or have these symptoms in my life. I'm not saying I'm proud, it's an ugly truth I have to face every day. I have to get up and say that life is hard and it may not seem worth it but sometimes when I'm thinking about people I realize that a lot of people depend on me to keep going on in their lives. People that I need in my life. There are people in my life that mean more to me than just staying alive. They mean so much that I find myself trying to be a better person for them. Because I know that they're the reason I'm here. Now that I've poured my life out to a stranger, I'm going to urge you to contact me, if you're interested, and talk to me about anything at all. If you think I can help, write me. I'd be thrilled to make a difference. "You're not alone anymore" | ||||||||||||||||
| "Your Focus determines your reality" -Qui Gon Jinn | |||||||||||||||||
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Check out the rest of my site Depression Links This is a list (short now but i'll be adding more soon) of helpfull links about depresssion and some related issues. Check it out. Suicide Poster This is a poster i downloaded from the net (legally, of course) that i liked. You might too. Why don't you check it out.
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