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by Ada - 12 November 2008

In addition to living with BIID, I live with depression. I was first diagnosed with depression when I was 15. Of course, my depression did not begin at 15. My depression began before my birth. I was having trouble in school, crying virtually every waking moment of the day. I began to talk with a counselor at school. He met with me regularly. I didn’t really like him. I didn’t dislike him either. He was okay. I was simply so troubled that I went to him because he was the only resource I had at the time. We had not been meeting and talking long, when he realized he was far beyond his depth counseling me, so he rang my parents. I was embarrassed and upset to learn he called them. My parents were shocked to learn that their seemingly normal daughter was <gasp> suicidal.Quick action by them resulted in my beginning to see a psychologist.