Personal Narrative Essay

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Personal Narrative Essay
Introduction
It is every individual’s desire to live a meaningful life, although the greater challenge is searching for the thing that is in sync with the soul. While many are committed to this course, there is nothing as demoralizing as meeting extremely challenging obstacles. Personally, depression is the most difficult experience I have witnessed in my entire life. There are several other personal narrative episodes I would have chosen to write, but then I am concerned about this particular one because of the minimal attention that is directed towards mental health. In this case, I mean actual attention from real-life people and real-life situations and not the case for mainstream media. Credit where it deserves and therefore, kudos to the media for at least making mention of it. However, the thing with mainstream media is that it fails to dissect the issue deeply probably because of its limited airtime.
Nevertheless, the victim has to find a way out of it otherwise, depression can have devastating experiences. Since I do not have a curated definition of the term ‘depression,’ I will seek assistance from a scholar or organization in this discipline. In this case, Razzak, Harbi, and Alhi defines depression as “a predominant illness characterized by the loss of interest in activities that an individual usually enjoys and persistent sadness often accompanied by an inability to undertake daily activities” (274). This definition provides a more concise definition of this mental illness. Depression is one of the major contemporary issues facing contemporary adolescents and young adults and in its extremity, the illness could result in suicide thoughts and eventually, the unfortunate realization of this event. To this end, this personal narrative essay, which is more of a journal than an expected task, endears to provide an inspiration to someone that they can overcome depression given that they do not succumb to its pressures as they continue to fight it daily.
The Beginning
The single most important element that makes the world beautiful is the diversity that prevails particularly in people’s personalities and so this trend continues to parenting styles. Parenting styles vary and are often modelled around their upbringing. Personally, am fortunate to have both parents and their unique parenting style too. Our family is a middle-class family implying that we can afford daily life’s necessities at least. Much appreciation to our (considering my siblings) parents for their relentless efforts in ensuring that we had whatever we needed. I am confident once they are done educating us, we will all be in a position to upgrade our living standards and enjoy some of the luxurious items on this planet. Nonetheless, our parents have taught us to treat others with kindness and never scold or undermine anyone even if we are in an advantageous position.
In essence, the most primal thing that I have to mention here is the importance that my mother gave to being a good and kind person. Personally, I grew up knowing that being good and kind person to other people is all that matters bar all other abiding factors. It never...