It takes me longer to think, it's harder for me to concentrate, I become very sad, and frightened, and worried. When I'm feeling that way, I am totally incapable of feeling pleasure, and I cry a lot about everything. It's hard to explain what it's like to be so depressed. My mind becomes a void and I have overwhelming feelings of sadness and guilt and anger. They sweep over me in giant waves of emotion.
School can be very hard to deal with.
When I get depressed, I can't concentrate and I fall behind in my school work. Sometimes I just sit in the corridors and cry. I have no energy to do the work, and I am always fighting with my family and teachers. When I wake up in the morning I'm often tired because I only sleep for about 2 hours a night. I try and find every excuse not to go to school.