Growing up, I played a lot of sport and had a very big and loving family. But I began feeling overwhelmed by the world and where I’d fit in.When you’re in your own mind as a kid, you think that everyone’s feeling the same way you are.
I didn’t want to feel like I was different. It took a long time to come around to the idea that what I was feeling wasn’t normal.I would be really tired all the time.
I would isolate myself from everyone around me. I never thought that anything I was doing was ever good enough. I didn’t think that I would get anywhere and didn’t see the point in trying.I started getting really bogged down by that and my mum knew from very early on that I needed help.
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