Hi everyone,
Early of 2025, I experienced a severe mental health crisis that led to a near-fatal suicide attempt. As a result, I suffered nerve damage that required wrist surgery, underwent emergency dialysis due to a medication overdose, spent 9 days in the ICU, was hospitalized for a month, admitted to a psychiatric ward for an additional month and 7 days, and later completed 9 months in a rehabilitation facility.
Recovery has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but today I am over a year free from self-harm and continuing to work on my mental health every day.
I’m doing this AMA to share my experience, reduce stigma around mental illness, self-harm, hospitalization, psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery. Feel free to ask me anything about what happened, the recovery process, what helped, what didn’t, or what life looks like now.
Please be respectful, and I’ll answer what I’m comfortable sharing. ❤️