Rediscovery
I used to be a happy child with a loving family and many friends. I had a ____1____ that cold brighten a could winter day and I had a special love for life.
At twelve, my life had a huge breakdown. It was then that I ____2____ OCD（强迫症）. I started to wash my hands ten times an hour, and I constantly ____3____ my kitchen oven to make sure that it was off. This way of life continued for four painful years, and by then, my OCD had led to depression（抑郁）. I was no longer the ____4____ little girl I had been.
In the tenth grade I finally ____5____ to my mother that I was suffering from depression along with my OCD. My mom took me to a doctor and I started taking ____6____. Over a few months, the medicine did help the OCD, but I still was struggling with depression.
One autumn evening, I hit rock bottom. I thought suicide（自杀）was the only ____7____ to my depression problem, so I decided to write a suicide note. As I was ____8____ it, my eyes fell on a photo. It was a ____9____ of an adorable little girl, wearing her red soccer uniform and holding a bike helmet. She had a bright smile that showed she was full of life.
It took me a few minutes to ____10____ who the girl in the photo was. The photo had been taken when I was seven years old. I almost couldn’t believe that smiling child was me. I felt a chill go down my spine（脊柱）. It was like my younger self had sent me a ____11____. Right then and there I knew I couldn’t kill myself. Once I had been a strong little girl, and I had to become ____12____ like that again.
I tore up my suicide note and ____13____ that I would not rely only on my medicine. I would have to fight the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again.
It has been two years since I ____14____ myself. The real reason I am healed is that I took action and refused to let depression ____15____ my life. I learned a lifelong ____16____: Never give up. Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can ____17____. I am living proof of that.
Now I am prepared for whatever ____18____ life may bring. I have a role model to ____19____ up to for strength, and who is guiding me ____20____ life. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, smiling back at me from a photo on my desk.