"Let me tell you — failure fucking sucks."

"I felt like I was drowning in a black ocean, and I couldn’t see any light at the surface. I didn’t know which way to swim."

"I was fucking tired — physically and emotionally. I wasn’t sleeping properly."

"I had no bandwidth for anything else."

"I felt physically sick all day"

"I felt shame, guilt, embarrassment ..."

"I was scared I’d meet someone new and they’d ask me what I do"

"I was also embarrassed because I couldn’t afford to pay for anything..."

"I wasn’t depressed so much as disappointed."

..and on and on.