Recently, I learned that when I left the treatment center I had been attending, one of the doctors there contacted the VA about me. I don’t know the full details, and I don’t need to—what I did hear made it clear they were attempting to portray me as someone who couldn’t care for myself or set boundaries. What makes that claim especially ironic is that my decision to leave was because my boundaries were repeatedly crossed. One of the clearest examples was the “quiet eating” rule: thirty minutes [...]
Erin Michelle Smith
Personal life story including childhood trauma, DiD, recovery and everything in between.