I experienced my first major mental health episode when I was seventeen years old. Due to years of trauma, I developed depression and anxiety.
My anxiety was so severe I became agoraphobic. If that wasn’t enough, the body image issues that had always lurked in the background flared up.
I starved myself, over-exercised and obsessed over my appearance. In losing my mind I lost my identity in the process. In a mental health assessment, I was asked what I wanted to gain from treatment.
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