Author Mark DoWrite
Ayoka: When did you first notice that you deal with depression
Mark: I really didn’t take the responsibility of having it until a couple of years ago. But as I
have thought about it, I realize that I have been dealing with depression after my mother
passed away when I was fourteen. I didn’t take it well. I was numb and tried to block
everything out of mind
Mark: The way I dealt with her passing away, was to block my feelings and become
numb. Anything that became an issue to me even as I got older, I would just block myself
off from the world. I had moments of just giving up, wondering what was the purpose of
living and questioning who was really my friend.
Ayoka: Do you think you could have benefited from counselling
Mark: Probably. If I had started when I felt empty, It would have helped a lot. I have
thought about it now, but I don’t know if it would help as much now if I had caught it when I
was much younger. Like cancer, maybe if it was caught early it could have been cured,
but if you don’t catch it, it spreads , then it’s too late
Ayoka: Is it too late for you now?