My Depression and Support Networks
The past two years my depression and anxiety have been worse than ever.
I thought graduating from university would move me into another exciting chapter of my life but moving back to Leeds has hit me harder than I could ever imagine. From having no luck finding a job related to my degree and being stuck in a job where management chooses to ignore all the issues going on and how stressed staff are whilst watching my friends land their dream jobs to being in one of the hardest relationships and dealing with the worst break up of my life, along with a number of family issues, for the past two years I've felt like I've been in a never ending downwards spiral and everything that could possibly go wrong has gone to shit. The stress has also for the first time in my life not only affected me mentally and emotionally but physically too; it's caused other health issues and I've lost a lot of weight from a lack of appetite and uncontrollable nausea.