How to stop my depression?

life goes up and down, my parents got divorced when I was 11, it was hard on me but I got over it. I was an outcast when I was younger and people made fun of me too. but now im cool and comfortible with myself, I’ve gone thru long periods of depression before in life, and for me at least, it came down to a choice, I didnt want to jus let myself be happy because I knew somthign was bothering me. obviously its harder when youre facing a hard time but all thigns come to pass and life gets better. so id say try to have fun. find thigns that make you happy. I worried when I was yougner that I would never be anything in life, but it happens eventually. and all the people who are popular now at a young age are going to let it go to their heads and will grow up to be self centered and overall lame, whereas people like you who are facing challenges in life will grow up to overcome it and learn a lot from it. and in the long run be a better more sucessful person. be confident in yourself because you are who you are for a reason and you cant change that. just try to learn from any hardship, dont let it over take you. you have to decide to be happy. the problem is people dont like somone who is sad and unconfident and they avoid them so it snowballs. you simply cant win. being down generally is a choice more so than just a state of mind. and when youre down the best thing you can do is not be a downer to other people. perhaps you could find somone else who is going thru the same sort of things in life whom you can relate to. anywho hope I could help… good luck. and like I said youre still young dont worry… enjoy being a kid whiel you can because one day it will be long behind you.