Topic > Adversity and Depression: A Brief Personal History - 566

Adversity can be found on all faces of the earth and in every society that inhabits it. Each individual, or society, faces its own small and large misfortunes respectively with different attitudes, preconceptions and tactics. Although every person faces them on a daily basis, one person's daily life may be filled with more adversity than another person's, but because of this he or she may find each setback much easier to deal with than the previous one. The difficulties I have faced in my life thus far have at times seemed like the most threatening monster one could hope to face; however, after I have overcome or overcome them, I find that compared to others I know I have faced nothing more than the smallest of problems. Unlike others, I have not lost anyone close to me, been forced to move over and over again, or been tormented because of my faith or my being. But even though my life lacks the more stereotypical forms of adversity, it should not be inferred that I have never felt alone, forgotten, and completely lost. Of all the “little” adversities I have experienced there is one series that has grown on me in the mos...