I have been battling anxiety and depression for as long as I could remember. It manifested itself in crying and screaming fits, avoiding social activities, contemplating taking my own life, avoiding major life changes…just to name a few.
My parents weren’t aware and none of my school teachers ever picked up on it. Teachers thought I was lazy and didn’t try hard enough and my parents thought I gave up too easily and eventually it was “just how she is”.
I did not get help for my anxiety for a long time because I thought I could handle it myself. That lasted until I was 26 years old and a now ex-boyfriend filled my anxiety bucket to the top and then some.
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