my first blog post: everyone struggles

we are all a little broken. but last time i checked, broken crayons still color the same.

-trent shelton

Every single person struggles with some sort of mental disorder. For some, it is prominent and recurring. For others, it needs a trigger to effect them. Or maybe its underlying, and you have no idea you have it. We’ll all pretend to be strong and say, “I don’t struggle with a mental illness.” Which is exactly what I said before I had my first panic attack. I still say it occasionally, when I want others to picture me as this immortal person who isn’t effected by anything. If you’ve never had a panic/anxiety attack, you probably will at some point in your life. I once thought that if you have a mental illness, you’ve probably been through a lot of trauma, and that’s the only way to develop a mental disorder. But boy-was I wrong. Sometimes mental illnesses develop over time, or because of a past event. Some hide their illnesses better than others, and you might be asking yourself, “how?”. Well, everyone deals with their problems in different ways. Sometimes, someone will keep their emotions suppressed. Others might use their mental illness as a push forward. However you decide to use it is up to you. Will you let your illness hold you down?