I’m still living in a psych unit, however am spending a lot more time at home.

I’m starting to look forward to the future and am excited about what’s to come :-)

I’m a ‘self harmer’. I’m scarred and I hate it. I’d love to be of support to anyone else though.

I have a bit of a disordered eating pattern and am not very good at looking after myself. I’m trying to be better but It’s a long hard road.

I’m still the pretentious, philanthropic kooky kind of girl that I was before, I’m just a little bit wiser, a little bit older and a lot less narrow minded. 

I’ve spent the last 3 months in a child and adolescent psychiatric unit. I’ve tried to kill myself six times and have had one hell of a rough time. HOWEVER, I am starting to feel positive about the future.

For the first time in months I’m excited to wake up tomorrow and live life! I’m still me, just me who’s now a little more knowledgeable and *fingers crossed* wiser.

I suffer from pretty bad depression, suicidal tendencies and some sort of eating dysfunction- I’m pretty sure that this is not a real thing though. I’ve been suffering for years, however things got pretty bad in March this year.

I’m on the upwards climb, I’m not better, but I’m so much more positive than I’ve been for months.

Yeah, I just felt like I should finally publicize this- to people that I don’t actually know haha because I am not ashamed of this any more. 

I may be covered in scars, anxious, have bad days and be completely insecure… but I’m still here, living life for a reason and I can’t wait to see what is going to come next :-))))

Hi, I’m Rachel and I am possibly one of the dullest people you may ever come accross. I don’t have any major talents or things that make me stand out from the other 8 billion people in the world. I come from a big family, I’m one of 8 children- all from the same mother and father… christmas is pretty crazy in our house. I’m a slave to costa and subsequently am addicted to caffine. My favourite book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and I buy all of my books from charity shops or boot sales. I’m currently in my first year of sixth form and am studying Chemistry, Biology, English and Photography. I’m a nerd and I love science. I like to take photos and then destroy them, apparently it’s now called art. My most treasured possesion is my film camera despite the fact that every third frame it only captures the middle 1/3  of the image. I like to wear knitwear, clashing patterns and spend all of my money on cheap clothes that don’t match anything. I don’t brush my hair and am surprised that I haven’t started growing dreads yet. I have philanthropic tendencies, not always monetary based. After my A-levels I want to go to HYMS and study medicine, I then want to join the navy and travel to crazy parts of the world. I’ll then probably move to Africa, live in a Massai village and never return. I believe in an ultimate higher power, and coming from a religious family I hate the stigma that surrounds it. One day I plan to get married and have kids. I believe that everyone has ‘the one’ but it just takes years and the right situation to find them. I don’t care if you’re gay/straight/bi/other/black/white/asian/other/deaf/blind/ginger, I’ll love you regardless. I like to think that I’m a good person however I know lots of people that would probably tell you otherwise. I generally keep my opinions to myself purely because I can’t be bothered to confront people and get into arguments. I suffer in silence, and bottle up everything that I feel. I’m a pro and hiding stress so people are usually very surprised when they see me so. I’m not confident with who I am or with what I look like but refuse to change for anyone but myself. I listen to all sorts of music from Noah and the Whale to Beyonce and Blink 182. My all time favourite band is the Beatles and I honestly believe that I was born in the wrong era. I procrastinate 23 hours a day and am an insomniac. I’m ridden with flaws and imperfections but I no longer care. I’m a fairly happy go lucky kind of girl and can’t wait to grow up and move away from the town that I’ve been brought up in. It is now 00:04 and I haven’t had more than 4 hours of consecutive sleep in two weeks and my plan is to get some. You are a saint if you’ve actually managed to survive reading all of this incoherent nonsense and I hope you’ve not wasted too much of your time doing it. I answer all questions no matter how pointless/ridiculous/long winded they may be so feel free to pop what ever you fancy in the ask box. Goodnight you lovely person and I hope that you have a lovely life xxxxxxxxxx