‘You are the last person out of the whole year I would think is dealing with this’ - said my Senior Tutor in a quirky tone a few years back while I was studying. A sentence that left me with a lot of mixed feelings. I was called in to her office to discuss a notable drop in my attendance. The reason behind my attendance drop was depression. I had no will to eat, no will to be awake, and quite frankly, no will to live. I actually wished I somehow disappeared from the face of the Earth. To be gone and forgotten, to be no more. So naturally, I found it extremely hard to show my face in classes. It almost seemed trivial.
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