Why me?

Chapter 9

I guess I had better have a 'happy' chapter huh? Something positive about this journey. And there is quite a few if I actually sit down and think about it. So here goes...

1) Throughout this whole experience, from start to present day, I personally believe I've gotten better at controlling my feelings. Sure, there are times when I'm really down and couldn't care what happened to me, but I've learned to deal with those feelings a lot better than at the start of my journey.

2) Again, personally, I think I've become more educated? I guess that's the word to use. I've learnt many coping strategies, how I ended up with depression, what depression is, what anxiety is, what to do while an anxiety attack is occurring and how I ended up with anxiety. This has been a big learning step for me and so I guess I can say I've become more educated about this stuff, going through it myself.

3) I have seen the world from many different perspectives just from my mood. This I suppose, can be a positive and also a negative. But from a positive view, I've learned to appreciate the smaller things in life and not take things for granted.

4) I guess I could say I've become a more supportive person within my friend group. I can easily tell if someone is looking down or is upset just by the way of their facials. This I guess is a good thing because I know I can support then or offer them advice on what to do because knowing me, I've probably been there or experienced it before.

So that's a bit more of a positive chapter huh?