No One Saved Me But Me
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My husband had my dog burned. Then he took away my antidepressants.
He promised he'd never leave me. He promised he'd stay until I got better. But when his best friend Clara—a psychiatric nurse—told him I was faking my depression, he believed her. He believed her when she said I was crazy. He believed her when she said I needed treatment.
So he signed the papers. He locked me in a psych ward. He let them strap me to a bed and use my mother's suicide video as therapy. He let them shock me until I couldn't remember my own name.
I begged him to stop. I told him I was pregnant. He said, "Hold on a little longer. Once you're cured, we can have a normal life."
I lost the baby on that table. I lost my dog. I lost five years to a man who chose his best friend over his wife.
But I didn't die. When I walked out of that hospital, I dropped the old pill bottle into the trash. I left him behind.
Later, he learned the truth. He came to me in tears, begging me to forgive him.
But I was already gone.
He promised he'd never leave me. He promised he'd stay until I got better. But when his best friend Clara—a psychiatric nurse—told him I was faking my depression, he believed her. He believed her when she said I was crazy. He believed her when she said I needed treatment.
So he signed the papers. He locked me in a psych ward. He let them strap me to a bed and use my mother's suicide video as therapy. He let them shock me until I couldn't remember my own name.
I begged him to stop. I told him I was pregnant. He said, "Hold on a little longer. Once you're cured, we can have a normal life."
I lost the baby on that table. I lost my dog. I lost five years to a man who chose his best friend over his wife.
But I didn't die. When I walked out of that hospital, I dropped the old pill bottle into the trash. I left him behind.
Later, he learned the truth. He came to me in tears, begging me to forgive him.
But I was already gone.


















































