"Thursday 6 February is the first ever Time to Talk Day: 24 hours in which to start conversations about mental health, raise awareness and share the message that mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, neither is talking about it."
I am Lydia, I have mental illnesses. I'm not ashamed because there is much more to me than my illnesses. Yes, I have an eating disorder. Yes, I have depression and yes, I self harm but that does not define me.
There is more to me than scars and anti-depressants. I am mentally ill, I am not my mental illness.
I'm madly in love with my bed and the idea of being a princess. I'm training to be a nursery assistant. The thought of getting old scares me and the thought of dying doesn't. Praying is my answer to absolutely everything. I can ride a unicycle and I have the best mum in the world. I make mistakes and I make progress. I am a vegetarian that happens to hate vegetables and love the smell of chicken nuggets. I find people fascinating but I also find them incredibly annoying. I enjoy heart-to-hearts and random chats over cups of tea. Patterned tights make me happy and I can not live with out milkshakes. I'm always forgetting to think before I speak and my bluntness is forever getting me into trouble. I care too much and worry a lot. I think I'm hilarious and new pajamas are my favorite. My mental illnesses do not define me.
There is so much more to me than my illnesses and the same applies to everyone else who has a mental illness. They are a million times more than their diagnosis, they are a human being who has lots more to them than an illness.
You don't need to be ashamed.
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