Good Sheppard Research Paper

It was the middle of my Junior year as a high school student when I began losing myself. Every day tasks such as simply getting out of bed, eating, and talking about my feelings became harder and harder. I was no longer the passionate, positive, cheery Kelsy that my peers and teachers alike had grown to love. Instead I was quite, in hopes to avoid anxiety attacks, which were so embarrassing and physically painful. I found myself just going through the cycles to get by. Instead of living life, I was merely existing. I didn't even recognize myself, nor feel like myself. I grew very ill. When I looked in the mirror I saw what resembled a ghost. I was eventually diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. After the diagnoses, I was placed into "Good Sheppard" due to my unhealthy ways of coping. Good Sheppard is a place for people suspected to be suicidal. But, this is not a sad story. Rather the total opposite; a story of how I learned the most crucial things in my life up to this point. And most importantly, I found myself.

The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, all of it. But, its all about your perspective and if you choose to look at it that way. I remember the day I decided I did not need to be taking depression medicine. I felt that I didn't need to be taking a medication to help me feel the way someone else thinks I should feel. I knew that happiness simply began within me and my choices. I could have easily continued to be sad about my life and I would probably be in the same boat I was junior year. But instead I decided to view things as an opportunity, realizing along the way that I could use all the bad in the world to make myself a better person. I began to grow very thankful for my life and the hardships I had faced because I understood that they built the person I am, and continue