I realized I had depression(抑郁症) about five years ago. Everything might _________ me for no reason. I felt so tired, but when I lay in bed, my mind just _________ working, preventing me from falling asleep. I _________ fighting against it, so I lay there and let it take me over.

I hated being depressed because I was no longer the person who told jokes at the lunch table and then laughed so loud at my own joke that almost everyone kept their eyes _________ on me. I hated it that I walked around with so much _________ in my heart. I knew if I told my family, they would tell me that it was all in my head and that I would be _________. But what they didn’t know was that depression took up all of my _________, and I was left with nothing.

It took me about two years before I decided I would _________ receive therapy(治疗). I did not like the idea at all. I hated talking about my _________ and letting people into my life. But I was __________ to give it my very best shot.

After one full year of therapy, my life changed __________. At the beginning, it was difficult, but as time went by, everything just seemed to fall into place. All of a sudden, speaking out loud about everything that went on in my __________ seemed perfectly fine. I didn’t feel like I was not __________ for the way I thought previously.

Depression is a real mental and common disease that anyone in this world can __________ and I shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Therapy has truly made me a better person. Now every time I __________, I know I can lift myself up.