I did not go to the doctor or take any sleeping pills – I do not know why – and in the end I became psychotic. I was also busy working – interpreting, translating and giving language lessons – and in the year before my final exams I began having sleeping problems.
I was studying French and English at the Vilnius Pedagogical University in Lithuania and doing very well, when I encountered my first mental health problems. It would enable me to work from home, earn some money and feel more like other people. My dream is to have my own place to live and Internet access at home. My friends have their own flats, good jobs and normal incomes – I have none of those. 'The only reason I feel inferior to other people is my difficult economic situation, which is a result of my periods of illness.
