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Personal Narrative: Defining Myself

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When asked to describe myself, only one thing comes to mind. How does one describe oneself? That is a question I have struggled to answer my entire life. Anxiety and depression are two things I have struggled with as long as I can remember. What I once thought was the worst thing that ever happened to me turned out to be the greatest gift I have ever been given. I missed nearly my entire freshman year of high school trying to decide my worth. What I realized was that only I can decide my worth. I decide how successful I become. Everything starts with me and that is where my journey began. Going through all the treatment I went through made me realize how much I wanted to help people the same way other people helped me through the hardest

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