Not sure how this forum works, however I am new, and just looking for more people like me that can relate to everyday life. We never know what people around us are going through, and that thought alone amazes me. I feel like if I could just keep my life together long enough maybe I could help others. Im not sure what I have anymore, I just know something isn't right.. I struggle with talking to anyone because I have been called weak before. I have a child, and I also want to get into a career that involves being their for others. I don't want to anything to hinder me from reaching my goals, but that is the only thing that is happening. I feel like we are taught to feel shame when it comes to the dreaded words mental illness, when we should be taught to embrace it. Here I am on a forum hoping a stranger reads this and contacts me just to talk, just so I can feel like I'm not alone, not tainted, some sense feel normal or my normal.