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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mom and I made this deal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was allowed to take three\Nmental health rest days every semester
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as I continued\Nto do well in school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was because I started\Nmy mental health journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was only six years old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was always what my grade-school teachers\Nwould call "a worrier,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but later on we found out that I have\Ntrauma-induced anxiety
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clinical depression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This made growing up pretty hard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was worried about a lot of things\Nthat other kids weren't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and school got really\Noverwhelming sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This resulted in a lot of breakdowns,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,panic attacks --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes I was super productive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other days I couldn't\Nget anything done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was all happening during a time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when mental health\Nwasn't being talked about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as it is now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially youth mental health.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some semesters I used\Nall of those rest days to the fullest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others, I didn't need any at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact that they\Nwere always an option
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what kept me a happy, healthy\Nand successful student.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm using those skills\Nthat I learned as a kid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help other students\Nwith mental health challenges.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here today to offer you some insight\Ninto the world of teenage mental health:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how did we get here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what can we do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first you need to understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that while not everyone has\Na diagnoses mental illness like I do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely everyone --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of you have mental health.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us have a brain\Nthat needs to be cared for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in similar ways that we care \Nfor our physical well-being.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our head and our body are connected\Nby much more than just our neck afterall.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental illness even manifests itself\Nin some physical ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as nausea, headaches,\Nfatigue and shortness of breath.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So since mental health effects all of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should we be coming up with solutions\Nthat are accessible to all of us?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That brings me to my second\Npart of my story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in high school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had gotten pretty good\Nat managing my own mental health.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a successful student
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was president of the organized\Nassociation of student councils.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was around this time\Nthat I began to realize
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental health is much a bigger problem\Nthan just for me personally.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, my hometown was touched\Nby multiple suicides
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my first year in high school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw tose tragedies shake\Nour entire community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the president\Nof a state-wide group,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began hearing more and more stories
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from students where this had also\Nhappened in their town.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 2018 at our annual summer camp,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we held a forum with about\N100 high school students
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discuss teenage mental health.