Education damaged my self-belief
For so many years in a row, July felt like a surreal month. After months of frantic studying, and then weeks of daunting exams, all of a sudden it was just as Alice Cooper had foretold: School was out for Summer. Some of my peers would be on holiday and I might not see them for weeks, and for a handful of others I might never see them again; Because of the media I consumed, I even harboured feelings of regret from missing out on attending a traditional ‘leavers-ball / prom’ experience. Fast forward nearly half-a-dozen years, and I write this article at 23 years old. I have suffered with mental health issues since I was about 14 years old, which is (at the time of writing this content) roughly a third of my life - That may not sound like much, especially for older readers, but just imagine you ordered a pizza only to find that 33% of it was mouldy and unenjoyable . Reading blogs from other people who describe similarly negative experiences within school, prompted me to write th