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Essay / Adversity and Depression: A Brief Personal History - 566
Adversity can be found on every face of the earth and in every society that inhabits it. Each individual, or society, faces its big and small misfortunes with different attitudes, preconceived ideas and tactics. Although every person faces it on a daily basis, one person's daily life may be filled with more adversity than the other's, but for this reason they may find each setback much easier to face than the last. . in my life thus far, I have at times seemed the most menacing monster anyone could hope to face; however, after overcoming or moving past them, I find that compared to others, I know that I have only encountered the smallest of problems. Unlike others, I have not lost any of my loved ones, been forced to move again and again, nor been tormented because of my beliefs or my being. But even though my life is devoid of the most stereotypical forms of adversity, it should not be inferred that I have never felt alone, forgotten and completely lost. Of all the “small” adversities I have experienced, there is a series that has developed. on me in the month...