I didn’t know if I could be healed of depression

Originally appeared online in the teen series Trending -  September 19, 2023.

From the outside, it probably didn’t look like I was depressed. It was the beginning of high school, and I was keeping up with my academics, athletics, and extracurriculars. But my friendships weren’t as strong as they’d been, and I felt like I was having an identity crisis. I was consistently moody and sad, and things seemed to be going downhill.

Depression affected my home life the most. I really needed my family, yet I found myself pushing them away. And I was making decisions that didn’t align with my family values. I was so influenced by the new “friends” I was surrounding myself with that it negatively affected my relationships with the people I cared about the most.

I knew I needed help, and I wanted to feel better. But even figuring out where to start was overwhelming, so my mom suggested I call a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me.

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