I found this site and I guess the idea of  it is pretty cool. I guess I want to share my story here. Some things that I never told anyone before
I was born with multiple health problems in a abusive family. I have an extremely overactive imune system that sometimes attacks my organs and muscles. This has put me in the hospital many times. I have albinism due to this condition, as it eats away all of my melamin. I have had anemia my whole life and it causes me a terrible insomnia
I learned to live with it. But children would always pick on me because I am white. You see, I live in a country in which most population is black/native/mixed. I got called all kinds of things every single day. I had to dye my hair at age 3 to stop the kids from the kindergarden from beating me because of my white hair, and even still, itdidn’t help much. I grew to hate my skin and hate my hair, but there isn’t much I can do about it
When I entered first grade, a group of boys and girls from 6-8th grade would pick on me and call me names. I wouldn’t care. So they started beating me really bad. I started self harming and developing an eating disorder. And when I told the school about what was going on, they covered it up. I was white, it would go front page, and they didn’t need this kind of publicity. That was my biggest mistake, because when my abusers found out, they raped me. And they did it many times after that. My parents wouldn’t listen to me. So, after two years taking that, I tried to commit suicide for the first time. I was just a child and didn’t know how those things work. I just jumped from my house’s roof, only got a broken leg.
I was forced to move schools but it didn’t help. Anywhere I went people would make fun of me because of my color. I had developed dissoative disorder and panic disorder. It triggered my bipolar disorder and I had increadibly intense episodes. I almost died numerous times and I wasn’t even 10 years old yet.
When I was 10,we moved to another state. That year was full of suicide attempts and hospital trips because of my eating disorder and my other health problems. At 11 I was kicked out of the house, as they gave up on dealing with me. Thankfully, a nice person took me in. He was the best thing that ever happend in my life. He was a japanese guy, only 16 years old, and had a cybercafe in town. He was really smart and tauhgt me how to fix computers and how to speak japanese. When I was 15 we married so I could be legally free from my parents. We were just friends, the marriage was just so I could be an adult by law. Of course, those years were filled of dealing with myself and my health. I needed many surgeries to fix muscle damage I have acute osteoporosis because of my eating disorder. I attempted suicide many times. Went to a mental institution for a year for my eating disorder. But still, he was the most supportuve person I could ever ask for. He cared after me and never asked anything in return. It was much more than I could ever ask for
Nowdays, I am 20 years old. I am a med student and I want to do something to help people who have been through depression and eating disorders just like me. My friend has passed away 3 years ago from a natural disaster, and taht has affected me deeply, but I promissed I would do my best to keep alive. And I am. I still struggle with my bipolar disorder, agoraphobia and depression. My eating disorder comes and goes but nothing too serious, thankfully. And even though I still comtenplate suicide often, and have attempted it some times on these past few years, I am “fine”. I have something to look up to, at least. I just want to make the best out of my situation. My life will never be normal. I will never have kids. I will probably never marry anyone. I will always be ill and will probably die young because of my illness, but I want to try. I just want to make people better and help them to not go through all the abuse and ignorance I had to go through. I want to open a mental ward and my own medical hospital in which I will take in abuse victims. I just want things to get better. And if I die in the proess, at least I will die trying to do something good
I just want to be a better person to the world than the world has been to me
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one act of goodness can change so many things. love is contagious, just like hate.
You have a great story. I feel so dumb for feeling so down when really don’t know what it is like to have a hard life. Thanks for the story.
Is this story real? All the problems you have? And a med student at 20? I question the veracity of this post. To get to med school takes four years of college–age 22, at the least, for the usual person, let alone someone with your mental history, family history, and multitude of suicide attempts. Are you exceptionally brilliant?
I admire your intent. I have the same intent. I’m 69 and have fought suicidal depression since age 16. I swore, in my thirties, that, if I survived, I would try to help others because I know how painful suicidal depression is.
Booya, don’t feel dumb. Some of the outwardly most fortunate people are dying on the inside. I was one of them.
Vedura, in my country you don’t need 4 years of college before getting on med school. I finished high school at 17, as I started studying too early, and went right to college after that
I am not asking anyone to believe my story. I dobut it myself sometimes. I am just someone who refuses to give up upon failure. This has put me through ridiculous amount of disappointment many times, but it also made me a very smart person. I know my qualities. I never let my mental ilnesses define me, and kept studying because I thought that was the only way to make things better
Well… I think you can do an amazing amount of good here. With that background you really know what it’s like to be in a bad situation. I’m sorry about your friend most of all.
Thank you for responding. I believe you now. I hope you understand, and forgive me for questioning. Your background is so painful and damaging that it’s hard to believe you’ve survived. I hope each of us, in our own way, can make this planet a better place for people of heart to survive and thrive.
All the best,
Vedura
You could definitly help a lot of people here. And everywhere. I agree with vedura that it’s hard to believe that anyone can survive this kind of background. It’s like, are you even human ?
Wow really. I’m just speechless now and I admire you and your strength.
Your strength and determination is so admirable. I kinda wish i could syphon off some. 😉 JK but honestly, i DO wish i had 1/100th of your strength. 🙂