Shatter the Silence by saying, “I suffer from depression”

There are some 19 year olds that have wisdom beyond their years.

Kevin Breel is one of them.

He is a courageous young man who told a TEDx audience and now over half a million other folks on YouTube that he has depression.  He does so loudly, courageously and boldly

…in order to challenge the stigma of depression.

Poster by Conexus Counselling in Winnipeg of a quote by Kevin Breel in a TEDx talk, that states: "Real depression isn
He invites fellow sufferers to identify themselves to each other, to inspire each other, to stand together with each other to give permission to see depression as an “issue, not an identity”.
Kevin Breel dreams of a day when folks with depression don’t have to hide it…and when they don’t have to hide it, they will be better able to accept themselves, and love themselves…and thereby, will have one less battle on their hands as they struggle with depression.

 

Kevin, you speak articulately on behalf of people with depression.
Kevin, you speak just as articulately to people with depression, in a rallying-of-the-troops kind of way

…I hope your messages catch on!

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