{"id":856,"date":"2020-03-06T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writeupyourstreet.org\/?p=856"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:53:04","slug":"sophies-journey-to-believing-in-herself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writeupyourstreet.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/06\/sophies-journey-to-believing-in-herself\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie’s Journey to believing in herself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Things before weren’t the best at all, I was a negative self absorbed person who just didn\u2019t see a way out, or a light at the end of the tunnel. It\u2019s like if things were actually ok, I\u2019d somehow find a way to make things not ok because I\u2019ve been so used to overthinking and being an over worrier. Being at my supported housing, and with the help of Young Gloucestershire <\/a>I was informed of a course called Prince\u2019s Trust, obviously as you can imagine I wasn\u2019t interested as I believe there was nothing that could change my mindset. My goodness was I wrong, I pushed myself to do it and with the help of my family and the outcome is something everyone has been shocked with. Throughout the 12 weeks we learnt so many new skills and some that I didn\u2019t even know I had – resilience, and learning how to cope with struggles in a healthy manner. This course was the wake up call I truly needed, I was looking for something to get me out of the dark hole and this was what I needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything used to be so dark and it got to the point where I didn\u2019t want to be alive. Now… it\u2019s the complete opposite. I\u2019m so happy and lucky to be alive. Young Gloucestershire helped me with my housing, budgeting my money, my mental health and most things you could possibly think of. One of the best things about the course I took part in, is that although it was so focused on what jobs we wanted and how we would get there, it also gave us a chance to really think about it with no pressure. What really helped is that my team leader would talk about mindfulness and that\u2019s when I realised that I wasn\u2019t alone, these thoughts that I had were just nonsense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read this quote the other day and it said that \u2018real growth starts to happen when you\u2019re tired of your own s***\u2019. That couldn\u2019t be more true! The patience everyone has at YG is astounding, the amount of times that I\u2019ve supposed to have had a meeting and because of my mental health, I didn\u2019t attend and they just reassured me that it\u2019s ok, it\u2019s more than ok to have down days. Unfortunately this didn\u2019t just happen once, I\u2019d not attend quite often due to not feeling ok, me being me started to worry that they\u2019d say something like \u2018right you\u2019ve not turned up for x amount of sessions, we\u2019re going to have to stop supporting you\u2019, that\u2019s not the case because they understand so deeply, it\u2019s ok as long as you communicate with them, which teaches you some standard morals. I\u2019ve learnt so much from YG and Prince\u2019s Trust and even though I\u2019ve said multiple times that I am who I am because of them, which I believe is true, they believe it\u2019s me that made these changes happen. Which is true but I couldn\u2019t have done it without the support and time they\u2019ve put into me. I truly am lucky to still be working alongside them. It would be an absolute honour to work with them at some point in my life. Please if you need help or simply just advice, go to Young Gloucestershire. They will do everything in their power to help you. Look at me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things now are great! I\u2019m awaiting my jaw surgery which takes place on the 17th March. I\u2019m incredibly excited as it\u2019s been a long time coming, and it\u2019s definitely going to build my self esteem and confidence immensely, people truly won\u2019t recognise me! After this, I plan on looking at being employed by YG so I will apply for some youth jobs to prove that I\u2019m capable of working with young people. Whilst doing this I will be making documentaries as I\u2019d love to do what Stacey Dooley does and interview people, have it documented and have it change people’s lives, or even just give some insight. That\u2019s the dream – to help change someone\u2019s life. The absolute dream job is to be an actress so whilst hopefully running alongside YG and making documentaries, I\u2019ll audition for TV shows and movies. I know I can get there, it just takes time, patience and full commitment. Which I know I\u2019ve already got. I can finally see my worth and I\u2019m so grateful to everyone that\u2019s been by my side the entire way. Couldn\u2019t have done it without you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t let anyone stop you from doing what you want to do, if you want it then go get it. Anything is possible, just get your first step out the door!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Price<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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