Surviving Depression | Ha Neul Lee | TEDxYouth@GMIS

I have a question for you all. Do you know depression? Have you experienced
depression?

I'm sure at least one of us in this room has experienced or is experiencing
depression. Depression feels like drowning into a silent ocean full of chaos and
despair. It leaves you blank as if oblivion has taken over. And trying to get out, can
make it, even more, harder to escape, like your trapped in quicksand.

My depression story is a long journey full of pain and learning. It was caused by
self-hatred that came from the bullies when I was in 6th grade. They spat out
words and phrases that killed my confidence. Even if I knew that it was wrong to
cling onto those words and phrases they spat out, I couldn’t control my thoughts.
instead, the thoughts controlled me. Hello there! My name is Lee Ha Neul, a student of GMIS in Jakarta,
Indonesia. I am in 10th grade, dedicated to writing poems and short
stories. I live with my family; mom, dad, sister, and brother, all together.
My nationality is Korean but I was born in Indonesia and I have been
living my life here since then.
What I do around here is try to motivate myself to study and work hard.
I go to school, go to classes and come back home with textbooks. But
in the end, I always end up opening my laptop and write poems. Writing
has been a big part of my life for a long time. If someone asked me,
What’s your hobby? my answer would be writing and drawing. Writing
allows me to express feelings and emotions like its someone else’s. The
reason why feel attracted to this point is that I have difficulty in telling
the truth or being honest. Honest about my feelings and thoughts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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