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ive been struggling with my mental health for my whole life really. ever since i was little i always knew i wasn't like 'other kids' no matter how cringe that sounds. i constantly put my self down next to my friends ever since i started school and expected my self to be looking and sounding and acting exactly how society wants me to at the age of 6. when i was in my late tweens i got diagnosed with a form of cancer that is relatively common and could be treated easily since we caught it so early on but chances are i'd be struggling with the repercussions of it for the rest of my life. i was living in and out of hospitals for the majority of those few months until i went into remission and that's when the problems at home started. i wasn't a naughty child growing up i was always told in parents evening that im very clever just need to speak out more. i wasn't misbehaving or trying to draw attention to my self, hell that's the last thing i wanted to do. i was just not being understood. as a 13/14 year old who constantly had this shadow of fucking cancer looming over my shoulders like the big black dog, it wasn't good for me at all. i started acting out in school getting with the wrong crowds doing stuff i shouldn't. at home my parents constantly constantly worried for me. they had my medical issues to worry about on top of my rowdy-ness. me and my mum constantly argued every day we'd both call each other every name under the sun just to let go of some of that hurt inside of us when really we were filled with sorrow.