Shaquana: Also I think that it’s natural that people would come to me for advice. People would
come to me when they needed something and I always make sure that I was available for other
people. So I was a go to person and no one ever seem to realize that sometimes I needed help. I
took on their problems but they never fathomed that I was going through something. They saw me
as being the strong person the person hold them back together but they never connected that I
was going through something
Ayoka: So now that you recognize depression, is it something that you still go through?
Shaquana: Absolutely but I now recognize that it is an attack on my mind and I have the tools to
get it off of me. Not that it doesn’t come, I just get it off of me. I've had my moments, like I was
depressed for about 3 weeks but the only person noticed was m