I have been having problems with depression, anxiety, delusional thoughts, and excessive anger since I was seventeen. I was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia and major depression in October 2000. I’ve been treated for these mental health problems for fifteen years. In fact, today as I write this is probably the anniversary of when I was diagnosed. I’m not exactly sure as those hectic weeks leading up to my diagnosis are a blur. I do remember that I was having mini psychotic breaks at least twice a week when I was call home and just yell at my family members for no real reason. Now, I had a good family as a child. While I had a good family I struggled socially. I didn’t have many friends or confidants, likely because I was eccentric and one of these really smart kids who was too stubborn to hide the fact I was…
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