It consumes you, after all, your thoughts control what you do. I have missed out on many opportunities and have stopped myself from reaching my full potential. What is stopping me from doing these things? Anxiety and depression. If I were given the ability to change one moment in my life, I would do so, in order to change when I decided to let anxiety and depression control my life. Being too nervous to go to school events, too self-conscious when out in public, and too exhausted to get up and do things, left me limited to staying at home. Although some may not see mental illnesses as a big deal, they affect a person's education, physical health, and relationships with others. I let these illnesses debilitate me. Social isolation, irritability,
