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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s possible the struggles were always there, just internalized in a way they’re not today. I had a pretty miserable first year, but I wouldn’t have dared talk about it to friends or family because I felt like I was supposed to be having the time of my life. So I drank heavily. [/quote]

This resonates with me. I didn’t even know what mental health was when I was a depressed freshman. That wasn’t a concept I had.[/quote]

Very true. I had no idea what was happening to me was anxiety attacks. I remember them happening in HS and when I told my mom about one, she said it was because I hadn't studied hard enough for a test and was feeling the effects of being ill-prepared. So I never mentioned it again. When I got a bad one, I'd get a pass to the bathroom and lock myself away to "freak out" in private.

It wasn't until I was in a Psych 101 course in college that lightbulbs started going off and I was like "holy sh!t! how has NO adult ever recognized these symptoms in me??"  [/quote]

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