1 . After suffering severe bums to her back   and other pans of her body at the age of three， Sylvia，49， had spent her life covering up her scars． Her confidence was destroyed by years of_____comments． At her lowest she had considered_____her own life．

"I didn't really know what_____was． I didn't realize my menial health was being affected﹣I_____thought this was a_____thing．"

The accident that left her_____happened during a_____game of hide and seek with her sister． Afterward， a life of_____herself up and hiding from attention followed， until a turning point in July last year．

Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she_____a man's camera phone following her around the hotel pool． She and her mother left for the beach， but she was struck by the_______the encounter had on her mother．

"I could see her_____at my scars． She just looked so sad，" Sylvia recalled．

So she started to_____， calling out to her mum to make her smile．

"I had been in such a bad place before． I was so_____． I was in such a horrible place for so many years． I looked back and felt like I'd destroyed my family s lives and I thought， now is the time for me to stop．"

Sylvia felt it was time not just to make a_____for herself， but to help others with disfigurements（外形的损毁）and to raise awareness．

She_____a Facebook group， Love Disfigure， and now runs swimming sessions at High bury pool in Is linton， north London， with the aim of helping increase the_____of people with disfigurements or_____and health conditions．

For Sylvia， last year has been_____． Having_____her body， and had depression， anxiety and post﹣traumatic stress disorder（创伤后应激障碍）she now hopes her story will_____others．