“An increasingly large part of me believed that this was it, this was my life and it wasn’t going to get better. The problem was me.” — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“If people could just understand how it actually felt to be depressed, obsessed, frightened, out of control, maybe they’d be more tolerant, more understanding.” — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a lyric from a really crappy song or advertising jingle get stuck in your head? Something that just won't go… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“I didn’t feel that I had any good qualities. Or rather, none were good enough. Nothing I did or said was good enough, but… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“I had no idea that the simple act of running a sharp blade across my wrist would change everything so completely. I wasn’t after… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“For the first time in months, I felt together. Sharp. In hurting myself, I had at last found a way to release the pressure.… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“Relief was what I was looking for that day, and I didn’t care how I got it. What I wanted - what I needed… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“Some days, it was enough just to know that I had a packet of blades in the house. They were a cold, very sharp,… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“An increasingly large part of me believed that this was it, this was my life and it wasn’t going to get better. The problem… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
“What I wanted was a simple response. I didn’t want to feel, that was too difficult. I wanted to hurt, I wanted real, tangible,… — Victoria Leatham Copy Share Image
