Hello

My name is Jamie, I am currently seeking help for depression and stress caused by the troubling event that happened in my upbringing. I've been through so much abuse and negect, rejection and pain and it's been a burrden that I've carried around for years because I wanted to be happy and kind of thought ignoring my problems would make them go away but now that I am 18 I see that ignoring my problems and emtions is not what is best for me and my well-being. In elementary school I was teased and bullied for being "over weight", which lead to me becoming an emotional eater, when I went to high school I did go through bulimia but I mainly had a food addication. Even worse when growing up my mother was both mentally,emotionally and physically abusive towards me, it all stopped once I finally stood up for myself and realized she herself has her own mental illness, our relationship is find now we have our good days and our bad days but I truly have no hate in my heart for her and have learned to forgive her for the pain she has but me through. In high school I went through a lot, I was in a abusive relationship for about 5 years I finally ended once I started to gain self- confidence and realized I deserve better (I haven't talked to the guy since). I've been through a lot of hardships in my life which as had a great impact on me emotionally, I believe my emotions tend to get the best of me when forming friendships (which is why I have 1 half of a friend now) but that is why I made this account because I am getting help from my therapist and I am in a point in my life where I don't want to be sad anymore! I truly want to be happy and I want to exprience real happiness, so if your reading this (hopefully someone will!) all asking for is that you can be the support I really need right now, I do have family memebers that do support me through this journey I am on but it'd be nice to have someone who maybe went through that same things I did and we could give each other advice on how to become who we truly want to be. It would truly mean the would to me!