[Jake.]

Right, might as well do mine then..

I'm Jake, 17 and currently live in Gravesend in Kent. Shorty after I was born my parents split up, which worked out okay as I have a lovely stepmother and two half-brothers. I've been brought up primarily by my mum, and she's done an amazing job really. We've never been in a good financial situation, which is hard but she does her best and I'm always happy to help her out with stuff.

We lost her mum and dad within two years of eachother. I took my nan passing hard, I was young (it was 2006), and we went to see her in the hospital. I then started doing worse in school, and along with this I tried being a vegetarian. The shock of my nan passing/me being there and not eating meat (according to the doctors anyway) caused me to start having panic attacks and I couldn't eat, I had this weird thought that I was going to choke on my food and started panicking whenever I ate. I became a stick, but thankfully with help and what not I got over the panic attacks, started eating meat again and got my life back.

Year 7/8 was ****, bullied most of the time over silly stuff, but in year 9 I really came into my own and made friends, and school was enjoyable. I did well at GCSE, got C's and B's, didn't do well in the first year at 6th form so I moved to college, which I'm still doing now. Moved place with my mum 6 months ago and live in a nice house. Do a part time job in burger king which isn't great but I've saved to go on holiday in August with my friends, should be a laugh I'm 18 in less than a week and I cannot wait for it now, gonna start driving so that should be good... yeah, me in a nut shell really