I had typed out a really long introduction as to why I'm here and what my issues are... But the universe apparently doesn't want me to share my story and my PC crashed and everything I had written was lost!! It was pretty tough writing it all down and saying things "aloud" for the first time ever and I don't think I have the emotional strength right now to do it all over. Maybe at some point over the weekend if I can get some private time.
So I just wanted to say "hello +=-", I'm Michelle, I'm 24, currently working as a legal assistant but have a new job as a trainee solicitor to start in August 2011 which is pretty exciting. Recently diagnosed as having "mild depression" (which I don't think is accurate, but can't blame the doctor because I find it impossible to actually talk about the way I'm feeling or my past) but when I started actually thinking back over my life it became quite obvious to me that I have been suffering from depression since I was about 15, with my first major episode when I was 16. I seem to have dipped in and out of it ever since, and I think this is quite common?
I enjoyed reading all of your posts on here yesterday -- you are all such strong people and so helpful and understanding. I hope that my experiences can somehow help you, and that I can find some comfort here too.
The biggest thing I am looking for is just to see that I'm not a freak... That I'm as normal as I can be expected to be.
Hope you are all well, and happy Friday to you!
<3 Michelle x
