John Sweetman

No one likes me.

I'm a bad person.

By this time, she was showing masochistic behaviours and continued to self-harm.

These hospital notes painted a sad picture.

She smoked 40 cigarettes a day.

She lives a very lonely life with no friends and finds it difficult to trust people.

Despite her struggles, Elaine was bright and possessed a great drive and ambition.

She wanted to become a teacher, but the formal academic qualifications needed made it difficult.

She went on to study childcare instead.

Elaine worked hard to overcome her struggles and in 2010 she bought her own apartment through the County Council's affordable housing scheme.

This helped Elaine's independence grow.

She was well liked at all her places of work and she'd been at the shop in Black Rock for 10 years.

Her boss acknowledged he had his difficulties with her but they worked through them and she was highly valued there.

If a full-timer was sick, Elaine would be the first person he'd call.

She was trustworthy and dependable, a keyholder for the shop.

She had a strong community who cared about her, even if at times they didn't understand her.

She and her father Frank were very close, and even with all her work and study, they still spoke a few times a day and would meet in person several times a week.

So when Elaine checked herself into St.

Edmundsbury on July 12, 2012, he was a bit surprised, but he knew she had her worries and was glad she was getting help.

In the months leading up to this last stay, Elaine had got herself into some money trouble.