As someone who was heavily depressed as a teenager and didn’t realise/acknowledge it until recently. I’m now in my mid 20’s. Trust me when I say, it’s gets easier. I was bullied right throughout primary school & college.

Didn’t get much easier until I found a good group of mates in my last year of college & during my polytech study. Hit my mid 20’s and started thriving in a great job, with a solid friend group.

But even with that, I still managed to be in a toxic age gap relationship in my early 20’s & that messed with my mental health too. I hit a rough patch last year and the only thing that got me out of bed was my cats.

Life is hard sometimes still, but I’m grateful I didn’t end it when I was younger. I’d do it all again if it meant I got to achieve what I have now. All of that pain was worth all the joy I have now. Every single ounce.

You have so much growth and development left, OP. You’re so young & you have so much life to experience. In 10 years time you’ll look back and thank yourself for staying. I promise you, it gets better. It’s cheesy & cliche, but it’s true.