I am a young adult suffering from mental illness that has caused me to re-evaluate major aspects of my life, plunging me into complete darkness. Darkness that I did not even know existed. Depression for me WAS the inability to construct a future; but NOW my perseverance to not be my depression in conjunction with my aspirations for my future is what is getting me up every morning. I hope I can shed some light on others going through the same experiences because no one truly knows what its like unless they have been through it.