Anxiety And Depression In Children And Adolesce... Official

His parents noticed the "missing" version of their son. They saw the grades slip and the door stay locked. It took a long time for Leo to find the words, mostly because he didn't have them. He just knew he was tired of being afraid and tired of feeling nothing.

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If the anxiety was a fire, the depression was the ash it left behind. Leo stopped caring if his homework was perfect; eventually, he stopped doing it altogether. The video games he used to love felt like a chore. His friends’ laughter in the hallway sounded like it was coming from the other side of a thick glass wall. He wasn't just sad; he was "underwater," where every movement required an exhausting amount of effort. His parents noticed the "missing" version of their son

Recovery didn't happen like a movie montage. It started with a school counselor who didn't freak out when Leo cried. It continued with a therapist who taught him that his thoughts were just "weather"—sometimes stormy, sometimes cloudy, but never permanent. He just knew he was tired of being