Your Voice Matters

"I think the biggest challenge I have faced is getting people to see me and not just a collection of diagnoses. I may need to take more time to do things or rest more often but there is nothing I can’t do. I think people read about a medical issue and assume you have everything they have read about. I’m not a text book, I’m a person."

"I chose to write about my story to hopefully debunk stigmas and teach individuals that their mental illness can be shaped into more of a super power than a detriment and that there is always hope."

"These days there’s such incredulity towards things you can’t see - viruses, deities, oxygen - we’ve got to insist on being seen and heard so the presence of invisible illnesses will be normalized and the default will be to believe what a patient reports."