I'm sure that everyone has felt depressed at one time or another. I know that I have. When I'm feeling depressed, I feel so empty inside. I know that I'm not the only one who has felt that way. Everybody gets sad--some people just feel that way more often than others. Some people find a way out. Then again, some people don't. I got out, and I'm proud of myself. With the help of God, anybody can overcome their depression.
I first fell into depression when I was 14. I was so upset with my life, and I was angry and frustrated. I hated myself. I was made fun of, and my peers called me a freak. My best friends Katie and Samantha, who were Atheists, got me into Wicca, which is a witches' religion and practice. Katie taught me spells to put on my torturers. However, one spell that I had cast backfired.
Jessica Wakefield
As We Forgive
Katie Schneider covers Kensington actionIt was supposed to make my enemy move away, but instead, it made Samantha move away. Other spells started to go haywire. When I had tried to make Katie's crush like me, Katie got angry, and told me that she never wanted to see me ever again. To this day, I have not spoken to her.
After I had lost Katie, I was tortured more than ever. Jessica, who was the enemy I had tried to cast the spell on, harassed me to the point where I wanted to kill her and myself. I started to make plans--and my will. I kept a box locked in my room. This box contained my spells, my will, and all of my plans to kill myself. I came home from school one day to find my secret box broken into. My mom was sitting on the floor, going...