"My daughter went through the same exact thing. She was so hurt. She felt lost. Then, all of a sudden she found friends that she never expected to be friends with and has blossomed into a confident young lady. Hang in there. It gets better!"
""He knew something was off," she says. "I was coming to class late. I was just really depressed at that point. It got really bad.""
"rock bottom."
Leia Rivera moved from the Bronx to a quiet, predominantly white Connecticut town just before ninth grade and experienced culture shock and social isolation. High school social dynamics intensified loneliness and contributed to a decline in mental health. By sophomore year her mental health had reached rock bottom. Geometry teacher Douglas Brocksmith noticed behavioral changes, pulled her aside for a private check-in, and left a handwritten yellow post-it sharing a personal connection about his daughters similar struggle and offering hope. The message encouraged Rivera to get help for her depression and altered the course of her life.
Read at TODAY.com
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