I Did Not Choose It

I did not choose it. I did not wake up one day and told myself, let’s be depressed. Let’s die. Let’s start self harming. I did not choose to be like this.

I never wanted to be like that. I did not want to be riddled with insecurities, to swallow in self pity and sleep for several hours. To stay up all night with anxieties to steal razors, to eat 100 calories and then give it back up. I did not choose to tear apart my life. It just happened

But depression is not always depressing. It is not always a person crying in bathroom. It is not always suicide notes and pill bottles. Sometimes it’s all smiles and good grades. It’s about person who hopes for a better day

A person who unlike the rest. The one who spent days smiling. The one that would love to be loved. The one who looks strong. The pesron that picks his/ her self up every times s/he falls !

- Atharv Chauhan

KULACHI HANSRAJ MODEL SCHOOL,ASHOK VIHAR,NEW DELHI

CHANGING ATTITUDE

We can define attitude as a behavior which we show towards nature people or anything around us. We often say that he has been changed or is attitude has been changed. Some children who had good attitude towards a parent teacher or relative has now changed coming to Teenage. They call their teacher with their names. Attitude include way of talking behavior manners. Most of the adolescents have this problem of changing.

Let’s take an example -at the age of 4 to 6 we love to watch cartoons like Doremon or Shinchan etc and when we watch it now, we feel that they are annoying , they are very bad and have no sense. The most common thing is use of abusive language which some children speak in public places like schools, airport, market, etc.

Adolescents also don't like the views or thoughts of the older people. They gradually develop an aggressive behaviour towards their parents, friends ,cousins and siblings. When we were toddlers we liked to watch dogs, hens, birds and horses but when we now see them we shout loudly at them and resent towards nature. Last but not least I want people to change their behavior or attitude towards their surroundings in a positive manner.

-MUKUL GARG

KULACHI HANSRAJ MODEL SCHOOL,ASHOK VIHAR,NEW DELHI

BEHAVIORAL DISORDER

I personally define adolescence as a period of turmoils and conflicts. An adolescent's life may sound as an ice-cream but is not! All of us find it difficult to look for someone with whom we could share our problems and our secrets. It is important to choose the right and trustworthy person. Though it is always said ' Talk to your elders ', how many of us actually follow this? True, consulting elders is not easy, we feel that may be they could take us wrong, judge us or disclose our personal views but speaking to them is right.

So in this case me and some of my friends were facing certain issues at home which seemed difficult to be resolved, in fact constant arguments at home with my parents were creating a lot of problems for me on academic front as well.

One fine day, the conflict turned up into a huge fight and that was the time I decided to seek somebody's help to deal with it. Our school counselor was the only person I could rely on to but I was little apprehensive about the secrecy and my impression on her.

But the moment I went to her I realised that I had been to a right place.

So ma'am helped me a lot and asked me to follow a 21 day challenge of self control and patience, in which I have succeeded to a limit and now my fights have reduced and understanding has increased laying a foundation of more friendly child-parent bond.

-Lakshika Ahuja

KULACHI HANSRAJ MODEL SCHOOL,ASHOK VIHAR,NEW DELHI