topic I survived, you can to. in Young people

I survived, you can to.

Nickname_204C26A8-F9A3-4D — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:49:26 GMT

In year 7, I suffered social anxiety and severe depression, I sat in my room locked away for months, not eating, not sleeping, self harming.I got the hallway beat ups, the bullying. I even tried to kill myself once. But I'm glad I didn't. After self treating, going through anti-depressants and removing my self from bad environments, i stand here today with a smile on my face knowing i made it. I saw a psychiatrist for a month, then stopped because I didn't like it.I then started talking to people via email. It did help, a lot. I changed my lifestyle, started eating better, sleeping better, went for runs to just get my mind in the right place and honestly, I'm so glad i did. At this moment I'm happy. i get along with my parents finally. I haven't self harmed in months, i now do online schooling and am slowly getting my life back together. I don't have many friends, only 1 or 2 ,but that's all I need. They say life gets better after high school, I'm only in year 8 and it's already better. If you're reading this, believe me, it does get better, Just give it time. You are beautiful and so is your life. I love you all.

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I survived, you can to.

geoff — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 14:57:03 GMT

dear Fragile, I had typed you a reply but it came up with 'system error', which really annoys me, so I will try again, but the second time is never as good as the first reply.

I really want to thank you so very much for being able to tell all of us what an incredible journey you have been through.

I'm sure that it was not an easy feat, but your mind-set was determined to achieve a better life, and being in year 7 it's such a fantastic effort, and I want to congratulate you in every effort that was you have accomplished.

Your story will help a lot a great of people, and I'm sure that the replies back to you will be enormous, so this is something that well deserves a pat on your back. Geoff.

I survived, you can to.

bonbon — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:16:07 GMT

Thank you for sharing 🙂 So glad you have pulled yourself thru and and can now enjoy life. You sound like a very strong character 🙂