I had a lot of problems with depression towards the end of high school; I think it was attributed to the sudden onset of fibromyalgia, and my inability to deal with it.

Now, I am very confident in who I am, and what I do, because I tend to look at the bigger picture rather than worry about the small things. I find I get better responses from myself and people surrounding me if I do something stupid or clumsy, then laugh about it instead of being embarrassed and trying to hide the mistake. Humans will be humans, and I embrace that. It took a while to learn to love who I am, but now I can appreciate all I've gone through and what I've learned from my mistakes.