For Me, First, It's Finding Quiet In

I Really Felt That I Had To Stay Level, I Had To Control, I Had To Know What I Was Eating, I Had To Know What I Was Doing, I Had To Work Out. All That Stuff Is Very Powerful And It Really Helps, But Now I Don't Do It Out Of Survival. At First, I Was Just Trying To Survive. I Assumed At Some Point I'd Be Screwed Otherwise.

Lets Try To Come To A Place Of Compassion About Mental Illness, In All Its Forms, And Help Each Other Find Healing.

Since I Come From A Family Of Mental Instability, And I Have Suffered Depression Myself, I Knew That Living In Shame Is Senseless And Painful, And That By Talking About It, I Have Come To Peace With It. The Stigma Behind People's Suffering Needs To End. We As A Community Need To Embrace These Disorders, Try To Understand Them (if Only Just To Talk About Them) So That We Can Cease Being Defined By Them.

Mental Health And Mental Balance Is Critical To Leading A Healthy Life.

I Enjoyed Doing Lipstick, But It Scared Me. I Was Very Nervous. I Couldn't Wait For It To Be Over. It Was Very Real, And I Was Just A Kid.