Globally, an estimated 350 million people suffer from depression, and I am one of them. My depression is the center of my life. I am never without it, well this and my crippling anxiety. Throughout my entire life, all I can remember is being: afraid, nervous, and sad. I attended church, bible study, and even joined a youth group. But all the Jesus in the world couldn’t help what was going on with me. I remember the times when I would sit and cry, because I thought maybe if I prayed just a little bit harder it would all go away. I knew I couldn’t go to my family with these problems because all I would hear is, “Depression is for white girls”, or “What you got to be depressed for? You have a roof over your head, food on the table and clothes on your back.” So, I hid. On the outside I was perfect. Grades? Perfect. Appearance? Perfect. My cover was …show more content…
Kids at school, my siblings, adults, and cousins all had a dagger pointed right at me. My skin. If you have eyes you can clearly see that I am dark skin. As a kid I just thought I was me, I never really payed any attention to skin tones, but as I grew older I realized that the people around me did. My skin wasn’t the only problem: my lips, my body, my hair, my teeth, my clothes, and get this my voice. Out of all the things I was picked on for, my voice has to be the most foolish one. Growing up I attended a predominantly black school. Shockingly it was weird and “white” of me to fully pronounce my words, speak in complete sentences, and be grammatically