My Honest Struggles Living With A Mental Illness

Amanda
8 min readJun 14, 2021
Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash

Back in April, I got fired from my second full-time job. I was devastated, it was the kind of heartbreak I never imagined I’d have to go through. At the time, I felt like my mental illness was out of control and it ultimately led me to getting terminated within a week of employment.

On Monday evening, I had finished one of my tasks for them and asked if I could leave the meeting…

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