The Importance of Mental Health

From the age of eight until when mum died when she was 17, there was just illness and death essentially in my life. So I didn't realise until really recently, ridiculously, how much it had affected me. And so then I very deliberately built up a wall around me so that people couldn't, so I couldn't get hurt. Which isn't ideal if you want to be in a relationship and you want children. But again, I spent my whole life convincing people I was fine. It definitely just wouldn't happen now on everything.