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#breakthestigma – mental health

Action. Yeah, okay. Hey, you guys ready? My favourite food is sushi. My favourite food would have to be pasta—hash browns for life. So, sushi. My favourite food is sushi. I have a mature sausage shark and five fish. We’ve got three dogs: Sky, Missy, and Max, and a bird named Badger. I have three pet rats: one’s Winston, he’s my biggest, then I’ve got Settle, and then Artemis is my little baby one that we just adopted recently.

I’m deadly afraid of heights. My worst fear is not doing things that I’ve always wanted to do. One thing that makes me happy is being out in the water. Definitely listening to music, playing the guitar, jamming out with my friends, playing video games with my friends, and movies—all that kind of stuff. Fishing makes me happy.

If I had a million dollars, I would buy a house because I would really like the security. If I had a million dollars to spend, I would definitely buy a house and mall rats. I would buy my own house, and I’d buy myself one. I would put some money towards mental health organizations like Headspace.

If I had a million dollars to spend, I’d definitely go shopping at Kmart and just buy everything because I could. A short-term goal I would like to achieve is to finish a unit at college. My long-term goal would be to do my PhD in mental health. One of my short-term goals is to finish my diploma in childcare.

My name is Ren. I am 22 years old, and I have a mental health diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, conversion disorder, and borderline personality disorder. My name is Lucy, and I am 13. I have a mental health issue. I’m 19 years old, and I live with obsessive-compulsive disorder. I’m Jazz. I’m 22. I have anxiety and mild depression. My name is Shakira. I am 19 years old, and I’m affected by depression and a little bit by anxiety as well. I’m Claudia. I’m 19, and I suffer from anxiety and depression. It just makes some days really difficult to get through.

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