: About Me

My passion is ...

to learn about new things

I know too much about ...

I'm still trying to figure that out

My parents always told me ...

not to be so selfish

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer

My favorite memory ...

My grandmother telling me stories about her past

Why I write ...

To express my self and to escape

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Wasted, no time for television, Bossa Nova

My first job ...

Retail

My best moment ...

Haven't had one yet

My inspiration ...

To be happy with myself

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Living with depression

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I think I was born depressed. What I mean is that for as long as I can acctually remember, I have always been this sad person. I can remember being seven years old and crying while listening to music alone in my room. My depression became worse with age and a fear of growing up and having to live in the real world. I somehow managed to hide my depression throughout my teens even though when I think bak I can still see myself crying in my room because I was such a failure. I hated the way I looked, the way I dressed, everything about me. My parents wanted me to be something I was not and to...

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