Carly roots

Carly Roots (Street Outreach Team)

I was born into a household where family issues seemed to be a constant presence, although it wasn't to the point where I was completely desperate for a new house to lay my head in, I still wish I had been more assertive. From a young age I

should not have witnessed what I did, the miscommunication and the manipulation from not only my so called friends, acquaintances and the people I may never come to face with again but also from relatives began to jump start my ignorance and empty-headedness though I felt as if I always had some right to act like this because I never felt adoration as an infant. From waking up in the mornings filled with hope for a new day to coming home from school with a different perspective to soon hear the dissatisfaction from the people I share a house with, the stress and tension took a toll

on my mental health, leading to bouts of depression and anxiety that I've struggled to understand. Despite these overwhelming and unpredictable circumstances, I found a

spark within myself and began to seek what I continuously said I was disinterested in. Fail after fail I was eventually given a chance by someone who was fighting more

battles in a year than I've seen in my life. She taught me how to identify and challenge the negative thoughts that plagued my mind, helping me to actually live my life. After I had departed from this individual I was soon again out of control with my mental so I took the steps, the steps I was now interested in that I was once given because now I wanted to live.