Hello! It's nice to meet you! I'm 23 years old, Portuguese and currently living in a different country. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 6 and only found out when I was 22. When I was 13 I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Episode and at 15, Social Anxiety (currently in remission!). I've experienced severe trauma throughout my life and I deal with the results of it. I think I might fit Autism Spectrum Disorder but I don't have healthcare to request a diagnostic. I have also successfully overcome what most likely was a Dissociative Disorder (thanks to an online therapy and support group I'll forever carry in my heart) and I've been clean from self-harm since 2016.

But my mental illnesses don't define all of me, and I am so much more. I have aspirations and dreams, even if it's ten times harder for me to achieve them. I hope one day to be a criminal psychologist (the psychology bachelor's is done! I just need what comes next!) and hopefully work along side law enforcement in my country. I enjoy having hobbies, even if I don't always have the energy or motivation to do them. I love writing (I love writing short stories and developing complicated novels I'll probably never finish), I love making music (sometimes I write my own songs!), I love making art with my body (art choices consist of dance and figure skating), and I love cats very much (meow).
I don't always love myself, but I always accept the body I was given. I've never been in a relationship or on a date, I haven't ever kissed anyone at all, and sometimes it hurts. I'm becoming an adult in a messed up world with a messed up brain. But it's okay, because pain doesn't last forever.

I joined 7Cups because I'm not okay and having a community I can relate to may help. But if I can also help one person it is in any way, even if only with a kind comment, I'll be happy.