Hi friends,
I never thought I would be the one making this kind of post, but here I am: I recently was admitted to an inpatient behavioral health unit (fancy name for a psych ward) and cannot pay the medical bill for it. Although I have insurance, it is very limited and my parents (who refuse to believe in mental illness) are not paying for any of the co-pay.
I am diagnosed with depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and ADHD. These illnesses impact my day to day ability to mentally and emotionally function, but through impatient care I am able to learn coping strategies and be in a safe place with health care staff that are professionally trained in dealing with mental illnesses.
If you could please spare just a few dollars, or even just share this post, please, please do so. It would mean the world to me, and it would help reduce the financial burden that mental health care costs.
when i was 12 i babysat this girl for a few years and she would come to me and show me her art, drag me by my wrists and point at the pieces she’d made during the week. and she’d be like “do the voice” and i’d put on a sports-announcer olympics-style voice and be like “such form! this level of coloring! why i haven’t seen such perfection in crayola in a long time. and what is this? why jeff, now this is a true risk… it seems she’s made … a monochrome pink canvas…. i haven’t seen this attempted since winter 1932… and i gotta say, jeff, it’s absolutely splendid” and she’d fall back giggling. at the end of every night she’d check with me: “did you really like it?” and i’d say yes and talk about something i noticed and tucked her in.
she was just accepted into 3 major art schools. she wrote me a letter. inside was a picture from when she was younger. monochrome pink.
“thank you,” it said, “to somebody who saw the best in me.”
