“I’m Katie and I live in Chicago, Illinois in the USA. I believe aspects of our environment shape our mental health from childhood to now: Our relationships, where we live, resources we have access to or don’t, the activities and pace of life.
My childhood was beautiful and challenging. I developed patterns of not talking, not trusting, not feeling and the isolating perspective that these equate to weakness.
I developed shame and secrecy to portray an image of being in control, achieving, doing, working – and fluctuated between high responsibility and self-destructive exploration from a young age.
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