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Thanks for the welcome and support guys, It really helped me to put that all into words & knowing that there are people out there who understand is great - especially if you don't feel you can open up to people around you. I'm actually feeling a little better today - I got up first thing and saw...

Just a quick hello as I already posted in the "your story" section before noticing this one. In a bit of a bad place right now but hoping joining here will be of some help. Hope you are all well.

I don't know if putting this into words is going to help me but I doubt it will make me feel any worse so here goes. I've been unhappy for most of my life, really from the age of around 8 when my parents separated and my mum took me and my brother to live with her new "man" hundreds of mil...