So when I was a lot younger I was a dumbass lazy slacker, went to CC and earned a 1.53 GPA . Fast forward 5 years later, I've completely turned a new leaf at a different CC and have earned a 3.71 GPA.

This is my last semester here and I'm fixing to transfer out. Now on the college essays how should I explain this? Should I explain that I had anxiety and depression or something years back (I really did have anxiety years ago but not entirely sure how much of that affected my performance) or should I just own up and say I was a lazy shit, grew up and overcame it? What do?