Ever since I was a tiny child, I struggled with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, anxious attachment, depression, racing thoughts, making myself small; things of that nature. From a young age, I grew up around violence, severe mental health issues, criminal activity, etc and had to face many situations a young child should not experience. I was labelled a "shy" kid, but really I just felt so small, unimportant, and just simply not enough. I tried everything to heal; talk therapy, medication, you name it. For me personally, these methods were never the answer and always left me back at square one in the end. My pain, like so many of us, was so deeply embedded in who I had become.
