Lost and Lived In

This Memoir Started As My Personal Journal Full Of Desperation To Make Sense Of What I Was Going Through. I Began Writing As Depression And Ocd/Anxiety Made Home Of My Mind. In My Attempts To Cope I Also Developed Anorexia Alcoholism And Trauma From Sexual Assaults. For About Ten Years I Lost Myself To These Struggles. A Couple Of Relapses And Time Spent In Treatment Began The Difficult Road To Recovery. As I Started To Understand The Complex Web Of Mental Illness Inside Me I Gained The Words I Was Searching For To Build A Much-Needed Bridge. Mental Illness Can Touch Anyone Even The Most Untouchable Seemingly Normal Lives. Although We Don’T All Experience Mental Illness In The Exact Same Ways Unfortunately It’S Often Still A Familiar Darkness That’S Misunderstood By The Rest Of The World. I Expanded My Writing Into A Book That Could Build The Bridge Of Understanding Conversations Support And Hope From Loved Ones To Those Struggling. This Is The Full Tour Inside My Mind As I Experienced The Darkest Times Of My Life. It’S Not A Glorified Drama Of My Struggles. It’S The Raw Most Honest And Unfiltered Version Of Those Years My Time In Treatment And A Realistically Messy Recovery. I Hope To Be A Voice For Many A Reference For Loved Ones And A Glimpse Of The Light For Everybody Involved. It Does Get Better And It’S Worth The Fight. *Trigger Warnings Are Included At The Beginning Of Each Difficult Topic.*