22 Nov, 2024
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With support from family and friends I am coping with depression and anxiety

This blog talks about issues that may be triggering to some readers This is the story of the last few years of my life – it’s about times when I’ve been unwell, but still felt able to talk about my mental health issues. When I started university in 2011 I began to seek help for a few aspects of my health and well-being that had been bothering me – I found out that I have dyslexia, that I may have ADD, and that I experience anxiety and depression. Searching back through my life during therapy sessions at university helped me to look at the root causes of my mental health issues; my granddad passed away in 2010 and this left a hole in my life. It turned out there …