Courtney Elizabeth
Stories (3/0)
Bipolar and Addiction
I have learned so much in my 22 years of life. A lot of things are not as they seem. When I was a young kid, I thought there were no issues in my family at all... Boy was I wrong! As I got older, tensions rose and I started to realize something was different about my father, but I had no idea what. For years, I put it in the back of my mind because I did not even know where to start. Finally, the breaking point came.
By Courtney Elizabeth5 years ago in Psyche
Hashimoto's Disease
Have you ever felt tired? Not normal tired, but really tired. As a kid, I had sooo much energy! I was always full of life and ready to party! But as I got older, like teenage age, I noticed how fast I felt myself declining. Nothing got me excited anymore. I wanted to sit on the couch and never get up again. I was having back pain and knee pain at 16-years-old! I was ready to give up! Everyone around me figured this was depression. I had been diagnosed with dysthymia (persistent depression) as a young child. My life has been far from perfect, so it seemed like a legitimate diagnosis for the lack of energy and pain. After seeing counselors for depression, I decided to see a medical doctor to see if anything medically was wrong with me. They did a standard blood test and everything came back normal. They did a vitamin deficiency test next.
By Courtney Elizabeth5 years ago in Longevity
People Change
Everyone needs to feel good about themselves right? Especially when you feel like everything has been taken from you in a flash. All of your hopes and dreams are in the middle of coming true, just to get taken away. Well that has happened to me. I thought my life was over forever. And after two years of anger, and pity parties, I learned to stop blaming myself.
By Courtney Elizabeth5 years ago in Humans