![]() ![]() Leah from the year above told me that he really likes me but didn’t fancy me, but that he might go out with me. I’m so bloody confused about the Harry situation. Because of the stigma attached to mental health, she now thinks it is especially important we talk about it – normalise it a bit – with the help of shows like My Mad Fat Diary, starring Sharon Rooney, which looks at mental health in a wider and warmer context than we are used to. “With mental-health problems on top of all the other usual issues you’re already facing,” Earl says, “it can be particularly difficult to deal with.”Īpart from eventually confiding in her best friend, in her teens Earl felt she had to hide what she was going through. ![]() “Life for teenagers is tumultuous at the best of times,” she says. “Getting better” took “a lot of mental training” and “an army of positive thoughts”. It was the thought of ending back on the ward that spurred Earl on to make changes in her life. Everyone else was 25 years older than me and going through very exceptionally hard things.”Īs a young person with mental health issues, she suggests, a more personal approach was needed. “It was the wrong place for me to go, it was inappropriate. In the hospital, Earl, who was treated for extreme anxiety and OCD, felt further isolated. ![]()
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