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Many teens suffer from thoughts of suicide. I myself have several friends who have thought, or even attempted to kill themselves. It is a cold, hard reality in the world today. Harry Potter author: I considered suicide by CNN talks about one woman who suffered from depression, and out of it came the most famous series of our generation.

J.K. Rowling won the hearts of millions of children, teens, and even adults with her Harry Potter series. Now one of the richest women on Earth, no one would expect her to be like so many other women out there. No one would expect her to have started out as a poor, working, and very depressed, single mom. After separating from her first husband, Rowling was living in a cramped apartment with her baby daughter. Her apartment had only been afforded through a friend who offered to help her financially. After so long, alone and depressed, Rowling realized what her depression was doing to her, and she sought help.

This article matters to me because I know so many people who are suicidal. J.K. Rowling was depressed, but she was willing to admit it. She was willing to get help. So many of my friends had to have help thrust upon them (at which point they don't see it as help, only an invasion of privacy). I know how hard it is to live with depression (two of my sisters were diagnosed with it), and I know it is hard to seek help, to admit that there is "something wrong" with you. However, perhaps if more people had something, or someone to keep them firmly planted on the ground, maybe more people like J.K. Rowling would come out and find the help they need.

This article matters to the world because so many teens do suffer from depression. Most don't seek help for it, because they don't see anything wrong with it. Indeed, at our fragile age, we often feel low and lonely, but so often, that feeling of sadness gets out of hand. What brought Rowling back to the real world was the fact that she had a daughter to care for, and baby who needed her. Rowling had something to fight back with, something to fight of the depression.

Even though Rowling was older than my friends, and indeed many teens who have suicidal thoughts, she still sends a message. So many times, we only see the bad. Rowling saw the blessing in her life; she saw her daughter, and it helped her through her depression. If only more young people could see the blessings in their lives, perhaps less would commit suicide, and more would seek help. Although, as far as we know, Rowling never actually tried to commit suicide, she still serves as a role model for depressed teens seeking the light in their own lives.