Humans of China│人在中国（二十六）

I’m still young but I’ve had quite a hard few years. At 14 I tried to commit suicide because my parents were too busy, there was a lot of pressure from school and my boyfriend at that time cheated on me with a friend. When I look back, we were young and foolish. I don’t regret anything I’ve done but I’m very glad I’m alive and well. After a battle with depression and some long hard days and nights, I feel much better. My parents are both teachers. My mum teaches English at a high school and my dad teaches Russian at university. When my dad was younger he studied in Russia so he is pretty open and supportive of the things I want to do. Me and my mum love to travel and in 2016 we spent a month traveling around Europe. My mum is also very open and supportive. I’m still a university student but I’m obsessed about make-up and my dream is to be a special effects makeup artist so, in my free time, I like to study the techniques and materials used in horror films.

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