I was frantically emailing edits to an article as I climbed into a taxicab. No, no, the Murphy Bill no longer really affects PAIMI, please take that out. I had called a cab to take me to the hospital — again. I was too embarrassed to…
They took me in a wheelchair to the sixth floor. The elevators stopped on every floor on the way up. I clutched my blanket in exhaustion, having somehow held onto it the whole time…
CN: Suicidal ideation, voluntary psych hospital admission
The social worker complimented me on my butterflies, drawn with ballpoint pen and blue highlighter all over my wrists and hands as I cried. I had read the stories of how…
content note: voluntary admission to a psych ward, medication, suicidal ideation, ableism, institutionalization, abusive treatments
content note: medication, voluntary admission to a psych ward, suicidal ideation
Dealing with change has never been my strong suit. I moved for the job. Everything was slightly chaotic. I ended up…
I checked myself back into the hospital last week. It was a last resort kind of thing, and I was feeling extremely depressed and suicidal. I had self harmed though not badly (if there’s such a thing as wimpy self harm, I have done it) and after a…