Crazy how time can fly by so fast. This previous year has been one of the most difficult years of my life. When I say that this year has been the worst year of my life, I really mean it. I have never suffered so much in my entire life. I’m not going to tell you my life story from this past year, but I will sum it up the best as i can.

My Mental Health Annotation:

As most of you may know, I have depression, anxiety, and I have been living with panic attacks ever since grade school. But as I went more in depth, my depression and anxiety wasn’t just the normal circumstances. What I mean by this is that,  I have recently found out that I have a severe case of Dysthymia and severe anxiety. For those of you who do not know what Dysthymia is, it is a persistent depressive disorder that takes years or a lifetime to get rid of or as I should say- control. Dysthymia has been a disorder that I have been aware of before I was diagnosed by my psychiatrist and therapist officially. 

Moving forward, my point is that this major disorder has impacted my life to a significant extent. For example, I would wake up every morning unmotivated to move or get up to start the day, sometimes I would end up having panic attacks, usually I became distant from my friends and family, and most of the time I always felt hopeless, lost and confused. On top of this, my anxiety would kick in half of the time making me more cautious of the activities that are occurring around me.

Over The Top Pressure:

 Overall Dysthymia, anxiety, and panic attacks really decreased my self-esteem this past school year. But on the other hand,  my mental health wasn’t the only thing that became extremely challenging for me this year. There were a few other things that I have been struggling with on a daily basis at school. 

Let me remind you that this year was the end of my Junior year.  Junior year is the year where you get even closer to deciding on what you are going to do with your life. Making college decisions, moving out of your parents house, losing friendships, finding true friends, etc. if you are in high school this is all the information that you might need to know for the road ahead of you. 

Published by Anastasia B.