I’m 19 years old, struggling with anxiety and depression, and I’m about to become a dad. Life has not always been easy for me, but that feeling of it not being easy never hit until I started dating when I was 15. Every messed up relationship I would blame myself and I put myself in a position to always be scared of having a commitment to someone. I always felt like I was losing everyone, I had good relationships with 2 of my cousins and my older brother, then my brother left for the military and my cousins left to go back home. I feel like I gained a lot of abandonment issues from all of that and it scares me. Lately I’ve been trying to find ways to cope with my anxiety and my fears. I listen to music, play games and at times write lyrics. Most days are still struggles for me, it hasn’t exactly been perfect days like before, but I’m trying my best not to fail to my mental health so that I can be here for my daughter. Advice I can give to anyone struggling with their mental health right now is never give up, there’s a purpose out there for you. Times are going to get tough and it’s going to feel like there isn’t an end, but if you keep fighting and keep pushing through you will find the good in all of the bad. Keep fighting for your purpose, and never let anyone tell you that you cannot be something because you can. I will continue this fight for a while it seems, but my only hope is that it gets easier, and I’m able to find some more ways to help me progress through it.

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