Life What Does It Mean To Me

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What is life, what meaning does it have to you? Is it just four letters randomly put together to mean something that we are supposed to hold dear us L-I-F-E. The question no one asks is what does that word mean to you? Happiness, hope, success, fear, anger, stress, defeat, sadness? Everyone has a different definition, defeat in one person's eyes can look like a success in another’s. In today's world, we find that mental illness is all around us even if it doesn’t directly affect us it is in our life somehow, I have first-hand experiences with mental health issues. At age 14 I was diagnosed with chronic depression and anxiety, growing up my sisters and my mom all had depression and some form of anxiety. Knowing that you are more likely to

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