Many people don’t know that this site got it’s name because I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2014 (among other diagnoses) after essentially wasting a third of my life (19-29) by being too stubborn to get help. It’s that 2014 experience, which took place in an intensive inpatient treatment program in downtown St. Paul, that not only saved my life but also reaffirmed who I was as a person.
I was capable. I was smart. I was funny. I was worth saving.
Because of that, I never shy away from openly discussing my life story, as I believe that the less we stigmatize mental health?