Depression and anxiety have ruined my life for the past 2 years, better yet, in the most important academic years of my life. The first, I manage to pull through, the second I barely made it out alive. Now, I am having to retake the year and the shame of letting it get to this point is so vast I cannot think about it too often. The education system is so anxiety inducing and unforgiving in these circumstance and I hate it. A more prominent hatred is one I feel towards myself, one in which I try to ignore everyday. As a kid I was so happy, I would have never imagined it would get to this point. By the end of the summer, if I don't get into a different sixth form, I am afraid it'll have to be the end for me. My future will be ruined.