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Old Dec 07, 2014, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Goldcrest View Post
As a young child I was shy and quiet, not very confident. From early teens I suffered from depression. I was clever, but the depression affected my school work, and I messed up my exams. What gets me, looking back, is how desperately I needed help and how obvious it was, and that no one helped me!
Since I have the butterfly icon, too, I read this and thought I wrote it!

Adding to the teens and early 20s I self-medicated big time. Anything to relieve the pain and try to control the manias. I feel like I lost years and years of my life by being undiagnosed and out of control. I"m also trying to forget the things I did before I finally found stability.
Thanks for this!
Goldcrest