Thank you for sharing your story again. I went back and read it and it sounds like you’ve had quite a journey as well! I really appreciated how strong your descriptions were; you paint such a vivid picture of your experience. I think it’s important for people to really get an idea of what goes on day to day for people in the system, and that’s one thing I wanted to make sure I focused on with my story as well.
I could relate so much to your early childhood experience too. The awful nervous stomach aches I had are some of my earliest memories. And the “shyness” and anxiety were the catalysts for the meds that jump-started my journey 15 years ago. I spend so much time wishing it would have gone another way.
I’m glad you plugged the ECT Justice page, I am going to have to check that out now!
Thanks for reading and sharing your experience as well. It’s certainly been more therapeutic than anything else to come here and read all of these stories and to know that I’m not alone.
And thanks for posting that article too. 2004 is far too late, and yet there’s still so much more work to do. It absolutely breaks my heart thinking of all the lives that have been lost.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for sharing your story again. I went back and read it and it sounds like you’ve had quite a journey as well! I really appreciated how strong your descriptions were; you paint such a vivid picture of your experience. I think it’s important for people to really get an idea of what goes on day to day for people in the system, and that’s one thing I wanted to make sure I focused on with my story as well.
I could relate so much to your early childhood experience too. The awful nervous stomach aches I had are some of my earliest memories. And the “shyness” and anxiety were the catalysts for the meds that jump-started my journey 15 years ago. I spend so much time wishing it would have gone another way.
I’m glad you plugged the ECT Justice page, I am going to have to check that out now!
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Hi Kate,
Thanks for reading and sharing your experience as well. It’s certainly been more therapeutic than anything else to come here and read all of these stories and to know that I’m not alone.
And thanks for posting that article too. 2004 is far too late, and yet there’s still so much more work to do. It absolutely breaks my heart thinking of all the lives that have been lost.
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