My name is Jessica and I am a 18 year old female.

I am currently a first year college student in upstate NY. I developed  depression and a phobia when I was three years old. However, it was  dormant until about my middle school years and became its worst in the  past three years. I have been put on four different medications, sent to  three different psychiatrists and two different psychologists. I began  cutting myself in the latter part of my junior year of high school and am  still dealing with it even now. I have been hospitalized and gone through  an out-patient program. Occasionally I experience anxiety, but have for  the most part overcome that. Currently I am on Lexapro and Welbutrin  and not seeing a therapist. It's a bit difficult without a professional to talk  to, but the Lexapro helps a lot. I get lots of support from my parents and  my mom is actually going back to graduate school to get her masters in  social work. My mother, my brother, and I all deal with depression so I  feel very lucky to have an understanding family.

My email is: jlemmon1@ithaca.edu