21/07/2024
Sue, writing at Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, marks Mental Health Awareness Month by discussing her battle with anxiety and how some agencies including those that should have been looking after her interests used her mental health disability against her. She writes "If it happened to this middle-aged, middle-class white cisgender woman? Don’t kid yourself that you are protected. I am not the first to endure these violent acts. I won’t be the last. It isn’t that I thought was immune from bad behavior, more so that I overestimated my innate capacity to deflect. One constructive thing that came out of it was realizing I could endure these things – I endured being handcuffed without an anxiety attack, I knew what information I needed to make phone calls when I was dumped at the ER, I had video proof. I had well documented medical providers. Moving forward, I brought witnesses with me everywhere. I filmed things, took photos, kept notes, and told my key supporters everything. And they always assured me they believed me". Sue's blog is available to read for free at Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents website. Check it out.
https://www.pghlesbian.com/2024/05/im-an-anxious-girl-in-an-anxious-world/
