#2 You Are Worthy
16/12/2020 Anger. Happiness. Suicide. Hyperness. On loop, for days, weeks, months. I was first diagnosed with depression at age 16. What was I doing at 16? I had found out my Dad was having an affair. I had to tell my Mum, she's the one who keeps my world turning. My Dad left us. My Mum worked 12 hours shifts to keep the house wr lived in with my little brother. My little brother was 11. I would cook his dinner and help with his homework before revising for my exams. My Mum would come home, have a dinner consisting of a cigarette and a glass of wine, before carrying herself to bed, only to cry herself to sleep. I fell asleep listening to her every night. I was 16. My brother went to my Dad's house for the summer, my Mum packed his bags, expecting him to come home. My Dad's never booked his flights and my Mum never got to say goodbye. I was out one evening, at my then boyfriend's house for dinner, when I get a call from my Mum. She was drunk, not making much sense. S...