As kids, we were often instructed in sound life-saving emergency disaster training. Handy epithets spoken in childhood — “Do not struggle in quicksand”; “Break glass in case of fire”; “Never run with scissors” — are all intended to see us into old age safe and sound. However, as an adult, I found myself wholly ill-equipped when my life had become a raging dumpster fire. There was no “Stop, Drop, and Roll” poster to draw upon in mental crisis.

An article Carrie wrote for The Establishment in July 2017 on navigating oneself through mental crisis. Read the article on The Establishment here.