article_snippet.sent: I was always in pain.
article_snippet.sent: I was so tired of being that way.'
article_snippet.sent: But when I was 13 my life totally changed.
article_snippet.sent: I was sexually assaulted. '
article_snippet.sent: and then I got put into hospital.'
article_snippet.sent: I hated going out in public all the time because I couldn't stand peoples reactions.
article_snippet.sent: I felt judged, that people were saying: “
article_snippet.sent: I knew if I didn’t change I was going to die.
article_snippet.sent: When pain has destroyed my life my life can take something just as painful to restore my life.'
article_snippet.sent: I felt like I was having a heartache.
article_snippet.sent: I feel like a different person.
article_snippet.sent: but I now know I can do it because I have
article_snippet.sent: And I have hope for the first time in along while.'