Earlier this year I went through depression, I was in a bad state and I nearly committed suicide. The only thing that stopped me at the time was knowing what that would do to those who love me. I couldn't bear putting them through that, because suicide doesn't end pain, it simply passes it onto those who love you. I couldn't see anything for me and I felt like a useless, worthless and selfish person. I was afraid to truly be myself and I was a scared little child, stumbling through the dark, unsure of what monsters lay in the next shadowy corner. What changed all that for me was a realisation. I didn't have the best life, but I didn't have the worst either. Everyone has troubles and worries, and things they are afraid of. But just because you are afraid doesn't mean you can't be brave. Bravery isn't living without fear, because not being afraid is stupid, and fear can help at times. Bravery is acting in spite of that fear, facing them and tackling them head-on. Even though life wasn't the best for me at that time, and I couldn't change it, didn't mean my life was going to be that way forever. I had control of my future and I could turn it into something which could make me the happiest person alive. I could turn my future into something I could be happy with, something I loved and wouldn't want to let go of. That realisation was bought to me by friends. They cared for me and wanted to help, but I don't know if they know how much it did for me. So I would like to thank them now, for helping me to go from that scared child in the dark, to someone who is not afraid to stand up and beat the monsters to death with a plastic spoon. So I would like anyone who reads this, if they know anyone who is struggling, that they can make their future into what they want it to be, and life doesn't always have to be hard. Sometimes we can turn a tough situation into something even tougher because we don't take it on when we first get to it, we bury it in the hopes that it will solve itself, but it doesn't, it just grows stronger and harder to beat.