RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@Emanemz/117240823634601904 Whilst Emily is starting her last year of college I am utilising my time to recover and grow. Escaping an abusive relationship a few years ago left me with a massive fallout. I had a complete mental breakdown and I’m left with PTSD and night terrors. I’ve spent time in therapy on three separate occasions, changed my diet and exercise to help and used various holistic therapies. Eventually I found the strength to come and live my life as me (better late than never) some people in my life are finding that hard to deal with and some have used it as a weapon against me. This obviously isn’t going to change who I am. Finding the strength and courage to come out took a lot as did the fallout and I have to admit it did set me back mentally. Whilst I am definitely not 100% me again, I find I now have enough headspace to work on other aspects of my life. Coming out has given me the courage to do something I’ve always wanted to do for myself. That is learn new skills and build my own business. This is what I am doing with my time at the moment. I am also doing a teaching assistant course alongside this as a Safety net it’s a Safety net. I truly hope I won’t need but the sensible part of my brain hasn’t gone away even though I am a dreamer. So while I am going to give this business 100% I have my backup. I am hoping the backup will only have to be used in the early part of the business being set up. So that is how I’m trying to improve my life.