thinkkank
Experienced
- Oct 16, 2019
- 247
i realized I was mentally ill later on in life. if I was diagnosed sooner things would have been much easier. i would have received proper medication and treatment and avoided so many problems. when i was young i knew i was weird and shy, but i thought i would grow out of it. it was in my 20s when i did research into some of my problems, and i found out that i exhibit symptoms that line up with a mental illness. i realized that the things i did when i was younger were a result of this illness and not some phase that i would grow out off. on the one hand this is helpful because now i know what the problem is and knowing is half the battle. on the other hand i now know that i won't grow out of it. there is no real cure. there are things i can do to mitigate the symptoms, but this problem will be with me for the rest of my life (however short that is). it has affected and will affect many things in my life, and i know that i will not have a good life because of it. i know all the ways that it will limit me and this is the greatest cause of frustration. if i was ignorant i would still believe that i would grow out of it