[194-202; 204; 209-214; 218-222] I’ve had depression for a long time, depression and anxiety. While I don’t want to say ADHD, because I’ve never been officially diagnosed with that, I have a lot of those symptoms as well in my classes, or in life. Right now, getting motivation at all is a struggle, it is very difficult for me to start something and finish something. But, I’ve been going to therapy since the semester began, and I skipped over this summer, but yeah. I think as of now it’s been a year since I’ve been in therapy. What else? Soon I want to go see a psychiatrist and get prescribed some medicine, because with this lack of motivation I don’t think I can pass any class, or pass any difficult class. Even starting a homework assignment is like really difficult. But, in college I don’t give myself that time to do homework like I did in high school. The reason for that is a lot more than I’m lazy, and I don’t want to do it right now. It’s a lot more than that, and I wish it wasn’t. I wish it was as easy as I just need somebody to tell me to get off my butt and do it, I don’t have the energy to do that. I’ve had this feeling for … I’d say about six or seventh grade, probably seventh or eighth. And, because my parents don’t really understand it’s hard for me to get that support. Now that I’m in college it’s a little bit easier to deal with it, because I don’t have to get my parents approval to go to therapy.
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