The stigma surrounding depression often causes people to suppress and hide their true identities as individuals who are suffering from a mental illness. This talk promotes ending the stigma and reaching out to people with the message: depression is not your destiny.
Ali Schulte is a junior at Greenhills School. She is a member of the Ann Arbor Dance Theatre Company and enjoys artistic experimentation with film photography. Ali serves as counselor at the overnight summer camp YMCA Camp Al-Gon-Quian in Northern Michigan. She is interested in discussing, analyzing, and challenging the social stigmas surrounding depression. Ali is considering pursuing a career in bioethics, so she can have a voice in debating controversial health issues.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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