Tiffanie Hudson

My brain was broken

it’s no secret that a large portion of the American population is suffering from some form of mental illness, whether it’s anxiety, depression, ocd, ptsd etc. A lot of us will experience the moment when our brain turns against reality. For some it starts early, from childhood trauma, some are predisposed due to genetics. Most often the onset of mental illness happens in your early to mid twenties. That was me. I was living a normal non anxious life when the big “A” took a crap on my party. A lot of things invited the monster in. It could have been a friend turning on my, the death of the grandparents that raised me of just hitting the magic age, I still don’t know. But I do know that I was MISERABLE. A huge part of my misery was genuine confusion about the way I was feeling, as it was a new experience. Being so anxious eventually led to being depressed and I tried everything that everyone suggested. I tried rescue remedy herbal drops, magnesium supplements, lemon balm tea, marijuana, cbd, deep breathing, crying, screaming, silence-nothing even made a dent.