Speaking out to help others
Sep 15, 2021
3 minutes
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AIMEE
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Aimee experienced depression between the ages of 15 and 17.
How did it make you feel?
• Lost
• Hopeless
• Conflicted
• I suffered from ongoing panic attacks
• Struggled to connect with loved ones who didn’t quite understand what I was going through.
Did you take prescribed medication? No
Any obvious cause? No, just the “normal” teenage struggles
Were there any triggers that exacerbated those feelings?
• Feeling isolated and strange compared to my peers• A teen romance gone
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