{"id":12688,"date":"2017-03-20T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=12688"},"modified":"2017-03-20T19:16:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:46:38","slug":"poornimas-triumphant-battle-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/poornimas-triumphant-battle-with-depression.html","title":{"rendered":"Poornima\u2019s Triumphant Battle With Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the tender age of 17, Poornima had a breakup. She couldn\u2019t handle the emotional distress caused by this &amp; went into depression. She lost weight drastically and could not sleep for nights. Stress took a toll on her health, both physically and emotionally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poornima wasn\u2019t interested in socialising anymore, so she ignored everyone. There would be several thoughts which disturbed her each time she spoke over the phone. So she tried to avoid phone calls too. Her friends found her behaviour strange, but they couldn\u2019t understand that she was depressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was all alone at the time when I really needed support. I would do nothing and sit idle for hours\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every night she would be afraid of facing the next day. She prayed to God to bless her with death. She would inhale \u2018thinner\u2019 to calm her mind. She also stole cigarettes from her father and began smoking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20181127\/dep-stories-inner-Poornima.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12689\" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20181127\/dep-stories-inner-Poornima.jpg\" alt=\"dep-stories-inner-Poornima\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this unexpectedly changed when she got an admit at Delhi University. She felt like she had forgotten how to make friends or even face people. She lacked confidence as her physical appearance had also changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith Dandruff, dark circles and pimples on my face, I went to college all alone. I struggled all three years of college.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poornima wasn\u2019t aware that she was going through Depression. But she fought it once she found out about her condition. In July 2016, after her graduation, she returned home. She dropped a year to give herself some time to heal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDuring this one year, I understood myself better. Now I am preparing for Post-Graduation in Psychology. I have finally moved on and won my battle against Depression.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Are you going through Depression? Get Personalised guidance and support from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdost.com\/talkItOut?yd_source=YDBlog&amp;yd_medium=InternalLinking&amp;yd_content=StoryDepressionPoornima_campaign=BlogPostPromotion\">Experts at YourDOST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the tender age of 17, Poornima had a breakup. She couldn\u2019t handle the emotional distress caused by this &amp; went into depression. She lost weight drastically and could not sleep for nights. Stress took a toll on her health, both physically and emotionally. Poornima wasn\u2019t interested in socialising anymore, so she ignored everyone. 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