About 5 years ago, I started to develop clinical depression and anxiety that really affected my ability to function. I had to take the last two months of my senior year off due to my mental health issues and side effects from my antidepressants, which made me wonder why I wasn’t normal like my other peers.
It was hard for me to do even the things that I used to be passionate about. I had internalized disdain for my condition and I beat myself up even more for feeling the way I did.
I eventually realized that there were many people around me who dealt with the same issues I did and I questioned why I ever thought I deserved any less for having mental illnesses.
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