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Name: | Abbie Foster |
Age: | 20 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Norwich, East Anglia |
Campaign: | To show that it's possible to recover from depression |
I started self-harming when I was 13 after being bullied by kids at school.
It started with just flicking myself hard with a bobble on my wrist whenever I felt upset.
I don’t think I realised it back then, but I was using it as a coping mechanism.
It wasn’t until two years ago that I made a conscious decision to stop, after finding out about singer Demi Lovato’s own battle with depression.
I knew that if she could beat it, with all the pressures she faces in the spotlight, then I could too.
I needed someone to tell me that life gets better, and that someone was Demi Lovato.
Now I want to share my story too. The more people hear that recovery is possible, the more people are likely to believe it.
With Fixers, I’ve created a set of cards which encourage positive thoughts to help on the path to recovery.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Rebecca Williams
Rianne Francis
Michael Charlish
Holly Morley
Hannah Carter
Jade Kingdom
Alexandra Garrick
Shak & Natasha
Sam Womack
Fixers
Chelsie Brown
Shannon Rawlings
Ethan Mcinally
Timothy Cranfield
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Mason Latey
Hannah Baker
'Ben'
Liam Thomas
Sam Barakat
Olivia G
Fern Lulham
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Meghann
Lauren Taylor