My name is Ashley and I’m going to tell you about my when my anxiety and depression got so bad that I attempted suicide. In October 2017, I was at the lowest I had ever been at. I started talking to this girl back in September and we had gone on a few dates and I thought things were going well. In October I realized that she didn’t seem as into me anymore and just stop talking to me. That made feel like crap because I felt as though I’m easy to leave and that no one cares about me and I’ll never find love. That made me feel so bad about myself because that girl cut me off like I was nothing. I felt terrible about myself and I didn’t feel like functioning. I couldn’t study, I rarely ate, stopped exercising, and cried myself to sleep every night. I kept telling myself that she wasn’t worth my tears anyways but that didn’t help; I still felt pathetic. Since I couldn’t study for my test because I knew I was depressed I ended up cheating off of the girl next to me. Well, I got caught and so I violated the policy of integrity and that just made me feel worse. I thought that I was going to put my chances of getting into physical therapy in jeopardy. That was basically when I broke. I knew I needed help and so I told myself that I would go to the hospital because I was feeling suicidal and the thoughts would not go away. I talked myself out of going and instead I took about 7 pills of my prescribed medication. I then broke down crying and drove to school to see a psychologist. I told them that I was suicidal and that I overdosed on my medication. They told me that I had to go to the hospital for attempted suicide. I spent a week in a psychiatric hospital. I scared my family half to death and once I got out I told myself that I have got to take better care of myself and there are people that care about me. I got myself into therapy and now I’m doing so much better. I really didn’t want to go but I’m so glad that I did. My advice to you is to get help! Try to help yourself. Don’t let your negative thoughts win!