TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, cutting, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, depression, drug and alcohol abuse.

If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available 24 hours each day in English and Spanish at 800-273-8255. Or contact the Crisis Text line by texting CONNECT to 741741 to chat with a Crisis Counselor. Visit the National Institute for Mental Health for more information.

The journey of a young woman's mental health began at age 2 with her mother's death and going mute for two years (something she only recently found out), not liking her skin color (body dysmorphia) and suicidal ideation at age 6, cutting at 10, eating disorders starting at 14, having her first drink in college at 19 and finally feeling "normal" to drug abuse in her early 20s, finally finding sobriety at 25, and how she's coping today at 28 with PTSD, body dysmorphia and sobriety while going back to college and being an author of young adult books.

Patricia's book is REMEMBER available on Bookshop.org.

You can find Patricia on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook @pssmith92

Episode recorded 10/02/20

Episode released 11/25/20

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Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs