By Gina Hartley "I close my eyes for a moment. Forget about the world around me. Focus on my breathing. Try to maintain deep, slow, steady breaths. I don’t know how much longer I can do this. I feel my chest caving in and out as the classroom walls threaten to close in on me. I can feel my breathing rapidly speeding up...

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Hello everyone! It has taken me a lot of courage and persistence to end up at this moment- the moment of writing my first blog post. I have honestly never written a blog post before this and I haven't got a clue where to begin other than to say, "Hi, I'm Gina!" and yes, my last name is Hartley, and no, I'm not...

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