It's dark and raining. You smile at a child They're laughing. All their friends are laughing. It's at you. Something is wrong with you. A dog runs past about to attack. Cars drive by and each one hits you in your mind. Everyone who walks by gives you disgusted looks. Why are you here? You don't belong here. You're invisible...
Throughout my life I have struggled with my mental health. I have received diagnosis of depression, anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, ADHD and eventually borderline personality disorder. I spent most of my childhood and teen years feeling like I didn't fit in and that I was experiencing life very differently to others.
For years I had struggled with my mental health. As a child I was bullied on a daily basis, for a variety of reasons including 'being too posh', and 'too fat'.
Teachers told me to 'be less sensitive', but every single word seemed to cut me like a knife, and unsure of who I was I contested each and every insult or injury. ...
