I texted one of my closest friends, “Hey, have a minute?” I never text her in the middle of the day, so she instantly called, knowing it was serious. I could only bear to tell her that I “needed to go somewhere”. She leapt into action and sent me options. She even offered to drive…

Less than 24 hours after I’d scooped up my belongings and stepped through the securely locked doors of the mental hospital, I walked into my boss’s office and closed the door. I explained where I’d been the last several days. “When I said the hospital… I meant the behavioral hospital. I struggle with severe anxiety…