Trying with Emma Barnett

Trying with Emma Barnett

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Trying… to live on drugs

Trying… to live on drugs

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Emma Barnett
May 28, 2022
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When I was 14 the doctors put me on the pill. My period pain was so horrendous – that was presumed to be the balm. It was not. Because what followed was the most miserable eight months where I walked down the school corridors trying to manage teenage life while coping with a range of vile side effects. From bulging eyes …

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