Depression: I have been suffering with depression on and off probably since I was 12, but it wasn’t diagnosed until I was 18. I first started taking anti-depressants when I was 18, and this was the only thing I mentioned to my doctor (that I was feeling a bit down!) at that point. Since 2008 (when I first took anti-depressants) I have taken them on and off, and tried various different kinds.
Self-harm: I started self-harming around 15 or 16. It sounds crazy, but I honestly cannot remember exactly when i started. But I can remember silly details, like where I did it and with what, but nothing more. Therefore I have been self-harming for about 2 years. In this time I have mainly cut myself, but have also on occasions hit myself, chewed the skin off my knuckles and overdosed on medicines (not to kill me, just as an extension of the self-harm).
Anxiety: Has never been a full diagnosis of mine but I have suffered panic attacks and thought I was dying. I have not been able to use public transport, or sit in a doctor’s waiting room or amongst people in a pub for feeling anxious. Luckily it only surfaces every so often,
Paranoia: Again, this is mainly a side trait of mine that tends to appear when I am very stressed and depressed. I start to think people are following me, listening into my phone calls, talking about me, obsessing over where I go and what I do.
Bipolar Disorder (Type 2)
