ADAA Personal Story: Never Admit

[ADAATeamRachel]

--Trigger Warning - Suicide Discussion --

"At this point, even though I had finally come to my senses, it felt like I had zero control over my body and that the medication, which I had been taking since 2012, was no longer working. This was tough because it was the beginning of track season and I hadn't really been training, my medicine was not working and I was in a place of deep depression in which I was having suicidal thoughts. I would cry myself to sleep every night from December 2022 to the end of July 2023," Claire says.

"Luckily, I started with a new therapist after that and, to this day, I still see them once a week. In person therapy has been the biggest game changer. After switching therapists and finding one that has helped me, it was my biggest life saver. This therapist really helped when it came to my feelings and struggles."

Read Claire's full personal story here: adaa.org/living-with-anxiet...