I have a friend let’s call her Rosie for the sake of privacy.
Rosie went through a tough time recently but she has reached the end of the tunnel. Here’s her story:
Rosie is what most would see as a typical girl: wears makeup, has a handful of friends and is obsessed with her boyfriend but despite all this, she was close to hitting rock bottom. She became too fixated on her friends and family to care for herself. Her mental health deteriorated severely but she couldn’t let anyone know because she would feel shameful and embarrassed. She stopped eating because she felt that she needed to lose weight to be popular and she developed an eating disorder which was detrimental to her health and wellbeing. She took all these cuts in her life that many appeared on her skin, her wrists were scarred and bloodied. Rosie came to me in her worst state and asked for help, which was very brave and with the help of her friends, we brought her to the light and she is happier and healthier than ever now.
I guess the moral of the story is this: don’t be afraid to ask for help. It does not make you weak, it makes you strong for having the courage to expose your most vulnerable parts because you don’t know what will happen. It takes courage to ask for help but it is worth it, I promise. Someone will be excited to see you on the other side, whether it be friends, family or even us, not a lot of us are associated in person but we care for eachother like family. You are not alone when you’re walking in the dark.
but this isn’t about me. I’m tryna spread awareness but I need no credit for doing right
