At about 13 I was diagnosed with depression, bulimia and anxiety (amongst other things, those 3 were consistent) and in the short time frame of 6 months I was taken to 13 differnt 'mental health professionals' and spent 3 nights ER because of suicide attempts and stuff like that.
I was going to school and not showing up to class because I would only end up getting kicked out for arguing with a student or teacher. So every day I would get up and go to school and sit in the counselors or coordinators office all day. No friends, no one wanted to be friends with the crazy person.
I can honestly say that for 3 years, I did not deal with it because I was on suicide watch at school and at home, my family took 'shifts' to watch me at night and never given that opportunity to be somewhat responsible for my own safety (given at the start I was not able to keep myself safe, after about 3 months I would have been able to for some time) Nor did I really want to deal with the-
-Issues with my dad
-Issues with my step dad
Both contributing to my fear of older males (combined with randoms doing stuff to me)
-Issues (most have now been overcome) with my mum
Now I see a psychologist and the counselor at school, I have a pass from the counselor to get out of class with out any negative consequences from the teachers. I am not on medication even though my doctor thinks I should be, my mum wont have a bar of it. My weight is monitored by my doctor and I have to have blood tests monthly.