Give yourself a break…nothing that has happened is your fault. Take care of yourself before you try to take care of anybody else. That is something you deserve. You are showing that you have a healthful attitude because you are able to write about your feelings and the things that have happened to you. You are obviously sensitive to the feelings of others which means you are a giving person. I hope you will just take little steps at a time to make sure you are OK and find little ways in life to make yourself happy…which will add up to something great over time. I have never walked in your shoes and cannot fully understand your pain. But what you wrote did make me stop and think about what you must be feeling. I want to encourage you to remember that it is not what happens to you, it is how you react to what happens to you…Thank you for opening up and writing about your life.

I went through some very serious bouts of depression, well sometimes very,very serious bouts of depression when I was your age.

But you’re okay, Maybe sometimes tell yourself, “I’m okay because…..”, if you have a moment of doubt.