Over the years, I have understood depression and anxiety more and more. Growing up in a Mexican household these illnesses are very overlooked mostly because they think that if we have a family and a home, what could we be possibly sad about ? Turns out that aside from family and having a home, people still bottle in lots of emotions. Depression and anxiety cases in teenagers have risen a lot over the years. Which is a very sad case because for teenagers it can sometimes be hard to speak up, although there may be lots of resources such as land lines, counselors, teachers, the problem lays way further than that. Although sometimes detecting signs of depression can be hard, we must always be kind to everyone because we may never know what a person may be going through.
As a teenager sometimes it is very hard to reach out for help, especially if you are Latino, where illnesses like these are swept under the rug. I wanted to propose this Ted Talk to make more young Latinos relate and feel comfortable and know that they aren't going through this alone.
I enjoyed reading this piece because I can understand your point of view. I totally agree on how Hispanic families in general tend to not put too much attention towards our mental well being which can suck. However you must move forward and find ways to keep thriving because when you don't change anything from your situation you stay in the same place and continue to suffer.
--Kimberly Cuchilla
I enjoyed reading this piece because I do too come from a family that believes that there is no such thing as depression or any mental illness. I like how the author mentioned that there lots of resources where someone dealing with depression can get help but a lot of people don't know that the problem lays way further than that.
--Melissa Galvan