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I 100% feel you. In school at one point I was top of my class, doing really well and took on three major works for year 12. By the time year 12 happened my mental health severely impacted how I went in the HSC and when I started struggling to keep up at university I feel quite ashamed. I definitely saw myself as a failure for stepping back and focusing on my mental health. And even the age I am now, so many people I went to school with are married, having kids, in their career of choice and I feel like I’m only just finishing my tertiary study. I absolutely feel behind at times, but you really do have to remind yourself that we all run our own race. I try to remind myself of this regularly. You are still achieving goals even if it looks different to others. Whilst I’m not yet in my career of choice, nor married, or whatever else people consider “successful” I have done a lot of mental health advocacy and overcome incredible mental health obstacles. I have travelled, am studying and I am where I need to be. Working on your mental health counts for a lot.