When
I was
younger...
Between
ages 12 and 15, I
was really unhappy.
And
I was
convinced
it would
always
be that
way.
1. I was struggling with depression.
2. My relationship with my parents was
toxic.
3. I was self-harming in various ways.
4. I was starving myself for days at a
time.
5. I was dealing with a lot of anger
issues.
6. Once, I tried to kill myself.
7. I and stopped trying with school.
8. I lied compulsively.
9. I felt like I had no real friends.
10. I used the internet as an escape.
11. I genuinely felt like I hated
myself.
12. I gave up on my faith.
13. I made myself throw up meals.
14. I almost ran away from home.
15. I stopped talking to my family.
I
seriously thought it would always be like that. There was
no light at the end
of the tunnel. No amazing friend or soulmate to pull me
through it. No counselling,
no therapy, no support. Nobody knew the full story. They
were the hardest four years of my life.
But you know
what?
I'm seventeen
now. And I very rarely think of that time at all. When I do
think
of it, I can only remember the good
things, things that I couldn't see were so
important:
holidays I loved; memories with my little brother; talking
online with my best friend;
obsessing over the weather and drawing a billion charts for
no reason at all. The depression,
the pain, the darkness -- that's
all
really
fuzzy.
It's kind of like a dream, and if I hadn't gone
through it myself, I wouldn't look at who I am now and
believe that it really
happened.
Because not one thing on that list applies to me anymore.
I'm
happy.
I love my family more
than anything. I have hobbies I obsess over, friends I
would take a bullet for. I'm completely
happy with how I look and the fact that I'm overweight
(secretely because my younger
siblings say it makes me really comfortable to sleep on
during long car journeys).
The point is... I went through that.
I thought
it would
never
stop
being
like
that,
but it did, and I did get better, and now I'm really
happy with who I am and where I am.
I got better. It ended. So I hope anyone who's
reading this right now (for whatever reason)
understands that if they're going through what
feels like hell, and they can't see the way
out:
It
doesn't
last
forever,
you'll
get
through
this,
& you
will
be
okay.
♥