Katalina Kowalski's Depression

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“I’m proud of you,” said my uncle with his gleaming smile and warm eyes. These were the last words Katalina Kowalski heard from the man who influenced her life the most. Katalina remembers looking at him; he seemed distraught, pale, and distressed. She convinced herself that he was just ill. She recalls her father picking her up from her first varsity cheer game. His eyes were filled with tears and misery. The whole car ride to her house was filled with silence and despair. Walking in her house, it appeared everyone was trying to act as if everything was okay but, she knew something was wrong. Everyone was staring at her with sorrow and her heart began to beat rapidly. She began to sit down at the kitchen table and her mother said, "We need …show more content…

Everyone around her was depressed and she felt so empty because she knew she could not bring her uncle back. She tried to do everything she could do, but eventually gave up. The more she reckoned on what happened, the more despondent she became. She didn’t have the vitality or desire to push herself. She faced failure. The lack of success only made her depression worse. She had to force a smile and she was not her upbeat self anymore. She started making abominable decisions. She started going out every night instead of doing the work she needed to complete for school. She started receiving horrible grades. She could not figure out who she was without her uncle. She started getting into many arguments with her mom. This made their relationship weaker and weaker. She felt like everything was her fault and she could not see the positive in any situation. “Time heals all,” this saying twisted and turned in Katalina’s mind ultimately making her feel worse. Of course, because of how she felt, she did not believe it. She refused to listen to what people said, because no matter how hard she tried to feel better, she was never able to find light in her black

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