I have recently completed a 7-week CBT group therapy programme and am currently taking medication for severe depression and anxiety. However, it took me a long time to talk about my mental health issues. About 6 years in fact.
I was always the academic, “pretty” and friendly one. This put an enormous amount of pressure on me to maintain a certain perception of myself and to hide the issues and demons that I was struggling with, including difficulties with poor body image.
I have very supportive family and friends, but for years I felt that if I opened up about how my mind was suffering that I would be a burden on them. I never knew how to explain how or why I was feeling so low all the time, and how to ask for help. At school, university or at work, I didn't feel that there was a safe and comfortable environment to be able to talk. I didn’t think that anyone would...
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