1) “Sometimes we were in so much pain that it felt like the only way to not be in pain was to overwhelm our body with so much pain that we blacked out into nothingness.”
2) “Unfortunately, the nature of mental illness means that it can be a struggle to find a person who has the experience, insight, and storytelling ability to share their story. Sometimes we have to rely on the people who are not us in order to tell the story that is ours.”
Thanks for having us, Scott. You're really doing the work bringing so many of us anxious people together :)
Two stunning comments!!
1) “Sometimes we were in so much pain that it felt like the only way to not be in pain was to overwhelm our body with so much pain that we blacked out into nothingness.”
2) “Unfortunately, the nature of mental illness means that it can be a struggle to find a person who has the experience, insight, and storytelling ability to share their story. Sometimes we have to rely on the people who are not us in order to tell the story that is ours.”