I've been battling mental health since the age of 15 years old and I'm now 32...mental health as taken over my life... I feel helpless and annoyed at myself as I can't cope with the slightest of day to day things... People say to me that mental health is just life and that self harm is just attention seeking. I began to believe this and didn't understand why I was so different from other people my age. They'd be going out and having fun and drinking but me I'd just be sitting at home feeling so low. I have always hated myself due to the mental health. If I could make these feelings of lowness and hatred go away I would in a flash but it's something I've got to battle and live with daily