Friendship is power,respect,trust,understanding,accountability,happiness. Friendship can mean all of these things. But to me it means trust above all else. I separate friends from acquaintances,Co worker,classmate or even a teammate from how much they are willing to put on the line for me. I give and return to my friends. But the ones that give back and stick with you to the end are the ones to keep. Friendships come in many shapes. From ones that get along all the time,relatively the same person or even the ones that fight the most. At times friendships require more than most and some less. But the ones that require the most and pulls through are often the strongest friendships. Just the amount of hard work and dedication to keep a friendship means so much when accomplished. Friendships are easily remembered for the fun times you have such as playing video games,doing projects,watching movies or hanging out. As easy to remember those fun times they are partially forgettable but the times you will remember for a lifetime are when they are there for you at your hardest time. When your depressed,after a break up,losing someone dear to you or even in trouble. Those are the times where they are truly unforgettable. A time at your worse instead of your best. They don't turn tail and run. They stan next to you ready for whatever comes both of your way. That's a friendship worth all of the world to have.

I Practice self care everyday. In many ways either physically or mentally. From simply staying healthy from showering, brushing my teeth and brushing my hair. Mentally is very important too. From spending time with friends and family really help my mental state stay positive. Another healthy way to keep a positive mental state is by doing what you love the most. For me playing video games is the most enjoyable place I can be. Wether is playing with my friends or even enjoying a good story told game and getting immersed into that world. All of these impact my world differently and still end with the same result of self care and keeping a positive mental state. My attitude is positive along with having more energy to go through the day. You can end up having more patience than you normally do to help you get through your day. Even your social energy is higher and having more of an urge to socialize and have fun. Overall practicing all of these practices and more in turn only improves what you may see as little things but all the little things come very far such as improved moods,increase energy,being able to get through life situations easier,calmer and etc. Practicing these self caring practices is very important and is highly recommended because its healthy and it does not hurt you, it only helps you.

My most important and favorite hobby is playing video games. I cant express enough how long and how much sweat,blood and tears I put into playing video games. I play almost everyday for at least an hour. The games vary and its most enjoyable with friends. My favorite games are Halo,Titanfall,Apex legends and Vr chat. It doesn't matter what console I play on as long as the fun is there ill play it. I enjoy gaming because it really is a nice stress reliever and I mainly keep coming because it fuels my imagination. I cant stop coming back. Its just so fun to have battles on my TV screen and in my head. To really get emasculated into the games. Its a joy that ill never give up and ill fight for that statement. You can meet all kinds of people in online gaming. Most of my friends came from the online world and so all kinds of activity's no matter how much it helps us or how dumb it is. Its about the fun. I recommend gaming to all and especially if your bored its a good hobby to pick up. Many have thought to believe gaming is useless and a waste of time but it actually can reach you skills and give people a better reaction time and hand eye coordination. Gaming can be fun for everyone its just a matter of the type of game for you.

Patience is a virtue they say. Its always great to have patience it helps in stressful situations,relationships,work and especially waiting. Patience helped me in a lot of situations especially in my part time job when the hours come to feel at their longest or when I'm at my high school and working in my classes when the work piles up and needs to get done. I feel like my level of patience pulls me through the stack of school work that just seems so endless. Overall its a mice virtue to have and keep and it will help get your through life and it does go pretty far with you as well.

Empathy is a great trait. To show compassion to someone elses lose. Either because you feel sorry for them or you relate to them. I had multiple instances where my friends would experience lose or have a horrible experience. I have been on both sides of empathy. Me giving my share of empathy to them and friends giving it back to me. I have learned that even if someone cant relate or truly help remedy the pain that you feel. The point is that they tried, they care about you. I had an experience with a friend who lost his whole friend group because of a toxic ex. I was able to relate to him because I have also lost friend groups but not in the same way as his unique situation. I helped him by welcoming him in to a new friend group that we could build together off of the compassion we should each other when we both opens up. I only want the best for everyone. I may not always know what that is but I have a good sense of right and wrong when it comes down to problems.

I have experienced and attempted to help a few friends who are suicidal and some thag still are. People who do say or even joke about suicide should be checked on. Life is a constant mental battle and in some cases physical enters as well. Life never gets easier it just gets harder but we get stronger. I had a friend, lets call him Cam. Cam had a falling out in his previous relationship. He he fell into a pit of depression due to how toxic the relationship was and soon to follow was the suicidal thoughts. I was able to tell he did indeed love his partner dearly. But I had to help him coop without having her anymore. I tried my absolute best to help him. His mental state was unstable and it was hard to trust him in his own without him doing an activity to keep his mind off his partner or much worse the suicidal thoughts. Me and my friend Gino would try to accompany Cam as much as we could to distract him and to have him heal quicker that way. This was a online friendship so hanging out wasn't difficult since we were in summer and school is out. Our main way of keeping his mind was typically playing any video games we all had to all have fun. If not playing we are hanging out and making conversations that lead on to others to have fun. When the times got tough with his mind not being able to stroll off the main issue that clouded his thoughts. It would scare me. No matter how much others say that its "fake" or wants "attention", to me that wasn't the point. The objective was to help him and stabilize him to stop talking about suicide or doing something harmful to himself or others while keeping him socialized and not isolated. No matter how fake a statement of suicide seems it should always be taken seriously and with care. In a manner of not telling them they should try so and so. But to ask why and analyze and asses the problem or situation best suited for the person because everyone is different. Everyone deals with depression differently but we should all take the same steps and lead up to the special solution for them to help them heal through their time of sadness.