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Sword Collector - Nora's Wheels

from You Are Not Alone, Vol. 1 by Darkness Calling

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I have written and rewritten this response, trying to avoid finding myself on one end of the spectrum, verbose, or the other end, speaking in platitudes. I've boiled it down to this: I am so glad that I called an ambulance before I successfully committed suicide.

The journey to my healing was long and, in many ways, is still long. I've been pinned to hospital beds and injected with sedatives by the same nurses that berated me into a panic attack. I've been involuntarily hospitalized, my release contingent on the whim of a staff made unempathetic by a failing mental healthcare system. I've been brought to tears by the horrific medical bills.

I've also talked to that one staff therapist that caringly convinced me to be honest to myself about myself. I've found that one psychiatrist that helped me finally find the right prescriptions to make me clear and stable. I embraced the fluidity of my gender, the pansexuality of my attraction, and the fact that parts of my family would never understand these key pieces of me. Under the miasma of depression and anxiety, I found my future, and it shines.

I've already gotten too verbose, so I might as well speak in those platitudes for a second: I've been there and it absolutely does get better. You deserve to heal and, until we can unite to systemically make quality healthcare and mental healthcare a human right, you're going to have to fight this fight. Remember, though, you are not alone. We'll fight side-by-side, holding each other up when the other can't stand.

- Kyle James McCoy

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from You Are Not Alone, Vol. 1, released October 31, 2020
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