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This program, targeted at teenage viewers, emphasizes the message that depression is a medical illness, not a sign of weakness or a flaw in character. Real teens from diverse backgrounds talk about their struggles with depression and their strategies for recovery.
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Transcript Provided by YouTube:
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I just wasn’t happy as I used to be and
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just got upset so easily I just started
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getting down and not doing activities or
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going out I really just felt worthless
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it’s just this over cloud darkness that
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I can’t seem to get out of and I don’t
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know why I’m feeling this one depression
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is the most common psychological
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disorder amongst adolescents and kids
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who feel persistently sad and like why
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bother and who cares and nothing
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interests me should not brush it off as
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what the heck it’s just being a teenager
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and people tell me that’s normal it’s
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not normal if you feel like that
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persistently you should talk to somebody
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about it and get some help
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you
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