 I want to start by asking if you have depression. Yes. And what does depression mean to you? It sucks. I mean, in seventh grade when I started to get it, and it was getting really bad, I was crying. Like, I was having, like, breakdowns every single day because I felt really bad. And then the first day of school happened and it was just kind of a gray feel to it. Like, I lost my, like, childhood. It just felt, like, insignificant. How would you describe it to somebody who's never experienced it? I don't have my neighbor's depression. I don't have that guy over there's depression. I have my depression. And I know that it's different for different people. It just felt like a change in, like, dimensions, almost. It was so subtle that I couldn't put a finger on what it was, but everything was just, like, slightly different. And I wasn't happy. I would feel really lonely a lot. Depression is, like, this little puzzle where there is no reason. You know, or maybe there is, but oftentimes there isn't. It's just, you know, this really intense feeling. One of the most intense feelings, especially because it's so constant. At least for me, I was just, like, hoping this was going to change. If I didn't have that thought in my head, I might not be here. It was that bad? Yeah, like, that was the thing that I was holding onto. Like, you know, I'll feel better again in the future. Like, it just lived inside you, like, an illness in that way. It was just kind of, like, this endless dark cloud. I had other emotions. Like, I just became, like, this, like, you know, potato. It was just only sad all the time. But there was always underlying feeling of depression. This sagging, almost like a dread that was cast over everything. So it was like, you could watch, like, this really happy scene in a movie, but there's, like, a blue tone or something. Like, you know, it's been treated that way. It was that. With medication and with therapy, it's definitely a lot better. I can't really do much about it to make it completely go away, but I can deal with it. That's okay. I'm not like that person that would be like, if I could go back to seventh grade and change everything, I would. I wouldn't do that, because I don't know what else would change. To be honest, I am happy with my life right now. That's nice to hear. Yeah. When I grew up, there was this sort of shame associated with depression and mental illness. In your generation, is that also true? Do you know friends who have depression? Oh, yeah. I think there's way more kids with depression than people think, because they don't want to come forward about that. I still think there's a lot of stigma and shame around mental illness. It's pathetic, and it's sad that people are like that. You know, if you fell and get a big cut, and it's getting infected, and you're, like, bleeding out, and if someone's going to come up and be like, you got a cut? Weirdo. It's not the best example, but it's a thing that needs to be treated, because it hurts and it's bad for you to just sit with it like it is and not do anything about it. What would you say to kids who are going through that for the first time beginning to experience these feelings? There's really nothing wrong with it. It's not your fault. Try to get help. It will get better.