Hi. I'm not really sure where to begin.. Most of my life I've felt lost. I felt I needed to be heard because of the things I've been through and the experiences that brought me. I've struggled with depression and anxiety since around the age of 13. Felt detachment from both parents who are not around to this day for their own individual reasons. About a year and a half ago one quarantined afternoon I decided to start a podcast, having never listened to more than two episodes of one in my life. I named it The Real Talk Podcast. In my podcast I treat is as sort of a time capsule.. I talk about real past and current situations and feelings in a broad enough manner to allow my listeners to make their own connections. I feel most people who struggle with Mental Health feel they are one in a million.. when in reality most of us are fighting the same fights only with different details as to why. My goal has always been to help people, as well as teaching myself a healthy way to express myself having been so emotionally unavailable most of my life. I've since taught myself healthy expression and have made huge strides as a person.. have my struggles disappeared? No. However this journey has taken me miles closer to the destination I one day hope to reach compared to where I once was. If you happen to find this post and make it this far.. I'm sorry for the difficulties you've faced that you didn't deserve. Life is very complex and often doesn't make sense until later down the road. The timing of most things don't make sense until our eyes are opened much later in life as to why that happened the way it did. I'm still figuring out myself and my path in this world as you probably are too. I want to help people, but I understand I need to give an equal amount of effort in helping myself to do so. I'm here to let you know that the things you feel and experience.. you aren't alone. There are people who feel just as misunderstood, not as if it's a competition.. but to assure you there are people able and willing to help you move forward. I've spent multiple years stuck because I didn't know how to find my way back from things that left me so hurt and confused. Why me.. Why now. This is only the beginning, and I wish you nothing but the best. Thank you for reading.