Misplaced Emotions

When you talk about mental health, or you tell someone that you are going to see a therapist, what do you think they will say? Arey!, but you are not crazy…? The world right now is in between a mental health crisis. Almost half the population suffers from depression at some point or the other in their lives. Do you know which age group has the most number of depressed people? It’s the teens. Since the childhood, the kids are expected to reach the epitome of success in their lives. They have to face so much pressure, that they eventually succumb to this pressure. This leads to various mental illnesses like depression, inferiority complex and so on. And what happens when you talk to your parents or anyone else the about it? They say ‘I’ve also been through this stage. It is nothing.’. The truth is that they have not been through this stage and it is not nothing. Today we have so much competition and additional pressure to succeed. It is bound to drive people crazy.  In scho...

We used to talk for hours. Now we just wave at each other. They were like my family. Now, I don't know what we are anymore. I care about them. I would have done anything for for some of them. Now, its like I don't know them anymore. How can friendship between people break like this? I always blamed them for not trying. But I don't know if that's true anymore. I think it is not them. I think its me. I think that no matter how good it is, I just want it to fail. When I approach this new chapter in my life, I feel that I am cutting old ties, just to keep me from getting hurt. Is this wrong? It sure feels like it. I try to fix it but sometimes when a thread breaks, it is next to impossible to join it back together without any knots. And that's how my life is right now. Full of knots. No matter what i do, it seems to be the wrong choice. And with each wrong choice, another string weakens, which would break eventually. What should i do? Help!.... Anyone?  ~A.F~