Editor's note: Ashley Dye has previously worked for the Daily News.
Carli Hendershot, wearing a paper robe, sits next to her partner in the lobby of a psych ward. Her mind, numb.
“How could I let myself get to this point,” was the only thought she can muster.
She looks up and sees a whiteboard. It lists the week's activities. Tomorrow is pet therapy. She smiles.
That morning was the culmination of a years-long battle with depression.
Six months ago, Hendershot resigned as vice president for the Student Government Association for mental health reasons.
The days leading up to that decision were the lowest point of her life, she said. She was admitted to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital psychiatric ward on suicide watch.
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