A woman describes 20 years of self-harm, suicide attempts, and diagnoses including CPTSD and agoraphobia that left her housebound. She's now free from suicidal thoughts and panic attacks, lost 20 pounds, and found joy in dancing, which helped rebuild her confidence and get her back out into the world.
I was suicidal. I had been cutting. I tried to overdose on Tylenol. I was just about as low as you could get. I am diagnosed CPTSD, PTSD, anxiety, and agoraphobia because I never left the house. Like, literally, I would leave the house maybe once or twice a month, and that's it. I thought, you know, nobody needs me. They wouldn't even care if I was gone. I'm just a failure anyway. I was traumatized for about 20 years. How does somebody get past that? Now the difference is I don't have suicidal thoughts anymore, ever. I haven't had a panic attack. I have lost about 20 pounds and I am still going. I took up dancing because that is what I love. I had to have my headphones in to kind of block out everything around me. I don't need them anymore. I'm a woman that's gonna go out there every single day and kick ass. That's who I am now.
