Look At Me Now

Photo taken by Nellie, 22, in Duluth Minnesota, who suffered from depression.

I am someone who keeps to myself; My problems, my worries. I don’t tell anyone anything that’s bothering me because I don’t want to be a burden to my friends. My friends are my family. Which I know doesn’t help with problem solving, this could be why I suffered from depression.

I was with my high school sweetheart for 3 years at the time I found out he had been lying to me about his drug addiction. On top of that I was going to college full time working as much as I could to pay my bills and his because he couldn’t hold a job. The electricity was already shut off; I would rather have a home to live in than electricity. When he told me it broke my heart; I had been nothing but there for him. I broke up with him and he decided to move to Florida to try to get away from the drugs. It wasn’t the break up that put me over, it was the fact that I no longer could afford a place to live. And at the same time my work hired new management and went on a firing spree, I was one of the victims. From there I was living out of my car sleeping on a friends futon for 6 months. Thankfully, I found a job waitressing and my boss became my landlord; God bless him. I was getting better, as my new job became my life. Long story short, my ex and I got back together and I moved to Florida after I graduated college in 2010. The same thing happened, he continued to lie. But now I was stuck in Florida, a place that I realized just a few months after moving was not for me. I love being outdoors and in the woods, there I couldn’t do that. I was growing sadder the longer I stayed. In Feburary I broke up with him and moved here. 

Now I am stronger, more knowledgable, and stick with what I believe in. 

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