I am an introvert and was bullied as a kid. I would come home from school upset but I never really told my dad because it would always happen and I didn’t want to worry him. I always had a hard time making friends and the ones who claimed to be my friends always turned on me. I never really payed attention to my mental health because I was always working so hard to succeed whether it was being an artist or getting good grades. As I got older I started becoming more tired, weird body aches, sometimes angry. I would worry more than usually and cry. I stress more than the average person and when I say I am in pain no one believes me. I was always told I am too young, or what did I need to be stressed about so I kept a lot of things to myself. Rejection from a lot of opportunities did not help either. I would get rejected by people, career jobs in design, and countless of things. There were a few instances where I have cut myself and just wanted to end it all but told myself “f*** that”. The body aches became constant and the nerve pain. So I finally seen a doctor in December (2017) who diagnosed me with generalized anxiety and mild depression. I already knew I had social anxiety and OCD. I still feel down sometimes but the depression that attacks my body physically is gone for the most part. It is still hard because I still have to try to figure this out on my own.