This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.

I am creative, I need to express myself. Hopefully, I am kind and thinking of others. I think a lot. What makes me feel alive in my locale is being around and walking in nature, listening to my music (sounds I trust), cycling on a semi recumbent bicycle with my friends, helping others to achieve things and feel happy.

Home is a safe place where I feel myself can be on my own or with others and feel okay. In the future I hope I have support when I get overloaded and anxious. I want to feel like a whole person and more independent. I have a lot of mental health needs and pain but try not to let it define me.