It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

akferris
7 min readMay 24, 2021

For many of you who know me, you see an outgoing, upbeat, wild, and bubbly person. Seeing this side of me, it could shock many to hear that I battle depression. This isn’t a new battle; it’s something that I have dealt with my whole young adult life and even as a teenager. As a teenager I didn’t know it was depression, I just assumed it was teenage hormones and it was normal. It wasn’t until I got older that I learned that it was depression.

Growing up I couldn’t have asked for a better life. In fact, to outsiders looking in it could appear I had the perfect life. I grew up in a…

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