RE: @naturalmedicine Mental Health Awareness Month: Reaching Out

My son of 13 years old have a situation of depression too for the pandemic, be alone and boring. He only wanted play in his PlayStation and don't care about school or anything else, so my red flags turn on and I noticed he had something weird. He wasn't the sweet child I knew. At the beginning I was mad with him cos he was rude and rebel but fast I understood his problem (I suffered depression too for many years) and I had a conversation with his dad, he and I and he confessed he was very depressing and the game helped him to escape of the reality. Well I had to take all my tools fast to help him. I didn't let play more with technology, I went with him to his friends for play and he started chess lessons. I started to walk with him all the days and thank God work out now he even have hunger and smile often. But I ask myself what would be if I just focus in his bad behavior and don't care, thinking that just he have a "moment" of rebel or other. Would be terrible 😔 maybe my son had the chance to change the situation cos I walked this black road too but other teenagers don't have the same luck 😔