Thursday, October 10, was World Mental Health Day, and UFC strawweight Tecia Torres used the occasion to share her experiences with mental health issues.

“This is my untold story,” she began in her Twitter post. “Please respect my openness. I finally have the courage to be true to myself and use my platform to normalize mental health issues. I love you all and wish you all the very best.”

After seeing several doctors I’ve learned that I am not bipolar, but I do suffer from an attachment disorder and depression, wrote Torres, as transcribed by MMA Fighting. If I’m being completely honest my most recent diagnosis is that I may have borderline personality disorder. Just typing this to post it is nerve-racking, but hey this is my truth and if it can help just one person somewhere in this world then it’s worth it.

I’d like to help normalize mental health issues, illnesses, and struggles. Even the people who look the happiest may be struggling. Yes, I have an awesome career and am blessed to do the thing I love most, I have a beautiful home, some awesome fur babies, and a fiancee who has been by my side for it all. Yet despite all I have to be grateful for inside me it doesn’t all add up that way. So if this message hits home for you, or you know someone who may need to read it: Please share my words with them. You are not alone.

I wanted to believe I could help myself without medication, but again the truth is I needed more help. So I am currently on a journey to better mental health. It’s a daily struggle. I still deal with the feeling of being different from other people and I often ask God, ‘Why me?’ Why can’t I be ‘normal?’ Dealing with mental health issues is normal. Repeat out loud and to self, ‘I AM NORMAL.’

I’d love to just wake up one day and say it’s gone. The depression, the illnesses went away. But I don’t know when or if that will happen. For now, I’m working daily on myself for myself, my family, and my future.