The road to recovery ❤️

One question I often think about is: ‘Why is there still so much stigma around mental health?’ I’m 18 and have suffered with mental health issues for a number of years and one thing that would be helpful is for more people to be more understanding and less to be judgemental. This year has been a hard year for me, however the past few months have been some of the hardest. A lot of things can happen in someone’s personal life that other people don’t see, know about or understand. The last few months in particular have been a struggle, in which I’ve struggled both mentally and physically. In June was when I first started counselling and I was very sceptical about this, I didn’t know what to expect and I didn’t think it would work. However, after 4 months, in October I finished counselling. At the beginning of the sessions one of the main things that was established was I tried to fix everyone else and their problems and wasn’t focu...