While I believe there are people who do benefit from psychiatric drugs, I also know of abuses and stories such as yours which mandate that people take notice and be proactive about their own care. But it’s far easier said than done, especially once one enters the over-medicated group.

In the same way, finding “the” therapist who is ethical, caring, skilled, compassionate and really gets who you are and what you are about can seem like a random event. And maybe it is. I found that therapist after four prior therapy attempts over 10 years. You get so you just want *someone* *anyone* to help you, which is a real set-up for abuse survivors.

I don’t know what the answer is, other than to keep trying in an informed proactive way, because when you do find the right therapist it makes all the difference. Even life-saving.

It does no service to the trauma survivor community to gloss over or outright ignore stories like yours. In all things, I’d rather know what I’m dealing with than not know. So thank you for being so open and giving of yourself in your writings. Every story is a piece of knowledge to someone’s benefit.

Sarah