“I have suffered with anxiety, bulimia, mental health issues and self harm issues for years. Through teenage years I was so mixed up and confused and on meds that I really didn’t know who I was becoming… I didn’t have any education on mental health so I was hugely ashamed of myself and unfortunately I spiralled in and out of up and down moods, missing school, missing work, falling in and out of good and bad relationships… To be honest I look back and the world was a very confusing and scary place for me, and I didn’t have the courage or platform to put these feelings into words and make sense of them or me.
As a result I did not value myself at all, and the path my life took reflected this. Not completing courses, dropping out, missing
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