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Mental Health: What I Wish I Had Known as a Teen

April 24, 2018
Jenni Shaefer and parents
My mom, dad, and me just prior to my high school graduation. I was wearing a smile, but it wasn't authentic. I didn't know it then, but I had an eating disorder.

I worried about grades as a teenager. I mean, I really worried.

Today, I know this was not typical anxiety about school. Looking back, I struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder and perfectionism. Among other things, I was obsessive-compulsive about never wasting time. Not. One. Second. Further, I was laser-focused on getting nothing but 100 percent of the answers right on everything.

I remember audio recording myself reading my textbooks aloud. Then, when doing “unproductive” things like walking to class or driving to the store, I could listen to my textbook recordings. OCD wouldn’t allow me to talk with friends on the way to class or to listen to music in my car, as these activities were deemed a waste of time.

My roommates in college were flabbergasted by this and my other behaviors. You’re studying, yet again, on a Saturday night?

To read the full post on The Meadows Blog, click here.

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