I'd done a major re-invent after my overdose when I was 15. I started the process when I was 16, and it was little changes that I made gradually to the point that now, at 28, I can see I'm such a different person.

It took a while to start noticing that I was actually being successful in the changes though, and sometimes I'm still surprise by them. For example - a few weeks ago I ran the Talent Show at my school. I got a lot of compliments afterwards about how excellent I am up on the stage and a lot of my coworkers were surprised when I admitted that I had winged every single thing I said. Ten years ago you would have never caught me up on a stage running something like that by choice! (although I was always pretty good if I got forced into things like that). And here I was volunteering for it and I had a great time!

I started out slow though - I started out by learning how to admit to friends if I wasn't feeling very happy, or by trying new foods and things - I set various challenges for myself over the years to work towards doing (such as going to watch a movie at the cinema by myself - I accomplished that at age 25! or by going to a restaurant by myself - completed that at age 20).

I found breaking it down into a lot of smaller goals made it wayyyy more satisfying - and if one proved harder than expected (I still haven't met them all!) then maybe I'd end up meeting a different one and I could celebrate about it!