Why Anonymous

I'm not using my real name in this blog. I also don't use the real names of the people in my life. I won't post any pictures of myself. It's not because I'm a coward or because I'm ashamed. It's because I don't want to worry or hurt the people in my life. I have another blog, in Swedish, and I have realized that I rarely write the whole truth about how I'm feeling, about my worries, my sucidality. It's because I don't want others to overreact. Maybe in some way I am ashamed because I have been told more than once that I should just get my act together and do something with my life. I would love to be able to do that!! And others have said that I am whining and that it's embarrassing that a person my age is so honest about her problems. So I have decided to have an anonymous blog where I can be myself. I need to vent and I want to get attention. Let's admit it, blogging is about attention. I want to tell my story and I want to get some feedback. And maybe I can give some people help by showing that they are not alone, there are others out there suffering just as much as they do.

This blog will not only be about my psych-troubles, my mental illness, my anxiety. But that will be the biggest part of it. There will also be some entries about my every day life or cool things that are going on in my life. I will maybe even write my opinions about certain subjects. We'll see. My goal with this blog is to reach other people with mental illness and to get in touch with people who are different. The anonymous-part is really for the protection of my loved ones and the people around me.

Having said all that. I'm not secretive. If you want to know who I am, you can always find out as I'm linking to this blog from my Instagram and my Twitter. So the people who I love and who want to know more about my struggles will find this blog. And the people who read this blog and want to know more about me, will probably be able to find out what I look like. It's just that I don't want to be "in your face" with my problems to everyone who knows me.