The year of 2016 was supposed to be about new beginnings, and I would be lying to you if I said that it wasn’t. I guess, for me, these new beginnings came in a different form than what I was expecting. In the months leading up to 2016, I was living a fairytale life, a life that I had always dreamed of ever since I developed selective mutism 4 years prior. In the fall of 2015, I was a brand new grade 12 student at a private boarding school, where I lived day to day life and went to school away from my family and the comfort of my own home. During the months leading up to Christmas, I beat the odds and started to be able to talk in school, participate on the varsity field hockey team, and even did a speech in front of my entire school about my journey with selective mutism. I was doing all these great things and accomplishing my dreams so quickly, and those few months were, without a doubt, the happiest times of my life. But, unfortunately, I didn’t realize at the time that I was going way too fast, and by Christmas break, I crashed.
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CategoriesAll About MeMy name is Lauren and I am 20 years old. I have an anxiety disorder called selective mutism that limits my ability to speak outside of my home. I believe that this disorder has touched me for a reason, and my life mission is to bring much needed awareness to this heartbreaking disorder. Welcome to my journey. Archives
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