"My diagnosis helped explain my struggles, but it didn't come with access to resources [to] help me navigate school with a learning disorder."

"What really bothers me is people thinking an insomniac can't sleep because they're not trying hard enough."

"My eating disorder had started off as a coping mechanism; it still is, albeit a very unhealthy one."

"It's like I constantly needed someone who would prioritize me and be very present in my life. Without that, I felt a huge void."

"I could be in the middle of work, at a client meeting, or even in court -- and I might suddenly feel a trigger because of something I may have eaten."

"[Working with Excel sheets] was really difficult for me, and my colleagues used to react by saying things like, 'Are you blind?'"

"I began seeing demonic apparitions in my roommate's face, I could see zombies walking through the canteen on campus, I believed there was going be a terrorist attack on the premises."

"The problem is that when you go on the Internet, so much of the information available is just really frightening."

"I kept thinking about whether I'm ever going to be any degree of social after this -- I just didn't know how I'll ever face people."

"The pains due to fibromyalgia were also just so much during this time that I struggled to even brush my teeth, or wash my hair."

"I was admitted late to school because of CP. My mother used to teach me the basics at home before that."

"When I got rediagnosed -- I felt everyone was going to hate me. I was suicidal mainly because of how badly BPD is portrayed in the media."

"Once, I involuntarily fell asleep while hugging someone. Confused, they asked me after five minutes if I was planning to let them go."

"My mother doesn't scold me anymore, but she does make fun of me — especially when something related to bed-wetting comes up."

"There was a point when I couldn't even finish just one paratha in a day."

"I know it's just something I have to live with, but medication and therapy have made it easier."

"I feel so angry and so helpless knowing how common it is, and yet how the medical community just neglects it."

"My brain was getting 7-8% less blood than it should've been."