But help is available to lift young lives NORTH PROVIDENCE – Nineteen-year-old Ty DaSilva first experienced depression as a middle school student. “I had started dating this girl and unfortunately, it was a very rough breakup,” he said. “I’ve always been a sensitive and big-hearted person, so anytime that I would get hurt back then I would take it very seriously. I just really didn’t know how to handle it.” A creative person, DaSilva managed to chase the darkness with socializing, his involvement in theater, and his guitar-playing and songwriting. “I love acting, I love performing, all that stuff,” he … Continue reading Fueled by social media and pandemic, teenage depression rates rise across Rhode Island and America prompting ‘crisis’