Personal Narrative: My Struggle With Depression And Anxiety

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Throughout my life, I have struggled with depression and anxiety. In the sixth grade, when I was eleven years old, I was sent to a therapeutic boarding school in Oregon to learn how to cope. After leaving that program shortly before my eighth grade year, I still struggled. My eighth grade year was filled with therapy and new medication, and yet there was no change.
In my freshman and sophomore years, I had multiple suicide attempts. I was on and off medication, and I struggled with school avoidance, along with a physically abusive friend. My grades reflect that. Even though I am smart, I wasted my first years of high school.
The intervention came at the end of my sophomore year. I had sputtered out towards the end of the year, even missing

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