Freshmen and Depression: Talk About it

As a freshman, it is common to have "blues" and homesickness. For the first time in your life, you may be able to leave yourself away from home. Therefore, it is okay to become sad from time to time or become inappropriate. But recently these blues have been seen and become comprehensive depression. The number of freshmen dealing with depression is steadily increasing in each batch of birth. According to the American University Health Association (ACHA), the proportion of college students diagnosed with depression has increased 56% over the past 6 years.

I checked it; homesick is very common among college freshmen. It goes without saying that I am depressed for a month now (this may be related to my grandfather being trapped in a hospital / rehabilitation center due to a stroke last month). This is true; Chicago is a very new environment for me; I am scared, I am not used to the city. I am surrounded by strangers. People are invited to attend school parties in some way, but the semester has not yet begun. I know little how to sail the city.

Today, I am very open to my mental health. I talked about my depression and my anxiety about my family. The more I tell you about this subject, more people are open to me and talk about their own struggle. I will open my heart to my parents and talk about my troubles. For example, when I take antidepressant medicine, I know that I am very angry. In other words, I think this openness will help them to lead a healthier life. A few years ago, my father conducted a mental health assessment. During that meeting, he was also told that he suffered from depression, and then we thought he was related to his difficult childhood and addictive behavior I talked about Taka. As for my mother, she never saw the therapist herself, but her understanding of the mental health problem has improved.

In Latin culture, I do not talk about mental health problems. I do not talk about mental health problems like frustration. Because there is a belief that they do not exist. Or if at least something is wrong it is in your head. The idea behind this If you dress in your mouth, dress in your head, and you are wearing clothes on your back, you have no reason to feel depressed. Even if you are a spiritual or mental illness who has a "loving" spiritual or spiritual illness, whatever they are "crazy", unreliable, or "everything in our hearts It is considered to be. Lack of understanding and sympathy, we can not help resolving mental health problems. The idea of ​​neglecting these infamy and mental health or misunderstanding that the symptoms are symptoms of some sort of physical illness is due to the highest suicide attempt rate among all American ethnic groups It is a big problem in Latin America society.