Prologue
Chapter 1: It was a cool, crisp March day, the day that I went to go meet with the man who was then my Family Doctor, to learn about what would devastate my life for a good few years, and damage my life forever. Even before I knew, I was anxious. Something was feeling very wrong in the pit of my gut. He had called me in and asked to speak with me personally, after I'd requested a copy of a report that had been written by the last psychiatrist I had spoken with. I had been talked into going and speaking with psychiatrist Dr. Kiri Simms about my struggles which were pressing at that time. I had been struggling with anxiety and becoming reliant on pain medications too often, because my chronic pain was increasing. I still needed to remain productive and be a mother; My kids were only 6 and 7 at the time. Regardless of all the factors and concerns that I tried to communicate, the consult did not go well, and I knew it. Dr Simms had read negative things about me in notes, and that didn...