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I would have started therapy earlier.
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My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.
Adwoa Aboah
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Nothing. Everything’s got me to this point and I had to learn lots of things. Maybe I just wouldn’t have been so terrified all the time and I would have got up a bit earlier – I missed quite a few mornings.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
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My 13-year-old self, for all the resentment.
I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
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