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Outline Of A Speech On Depression

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Depression
I. Speech Overview:
A. General Goal: To inform.
B. Specific Goal: By the end of my speech, my audience will understand the real illness that is depression and how much it does deal with my generation and the toll it has had on us and how to deal with it.
II. Introduction: (This is where you start talking)
A. Attention Grabber: In the second grade, after a really, really close family friend had passed away I realized that my days were kind of gloomy and that my always positive mindset had drifted off into a place even now I can’t reach, I tried and tried being happy but no matter what I just couldn’t see the world as the gum drop and rainbow type of place I thought it was, and on a Sunday, on October 25th, 2015, after about 9 years of feeling this way, I have been medically diagnosed with depression.
B. Relevance Statement: According to Medical Author: Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, Depression is the leading cause of suicide. In a national survey of high school students, nearly 20% of teens thought about attempting suicide, and more than 8% made a suicide attempt. Over half of all kids who suffer from depression will eventually attempt suicide at least once, and over 7% will die as a result.
C. Credibility Statement: so why am I telling you this? And why should you listen to me? Well because I have lived with the symptoms of depression for 9 years now, I know what it feels like, and I also know what it feels like to watch people go through it. Also I did about a

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