rachelrae2003's profile

My blog page: https://medium.com/@rachelcalkins22

I am a warrior, a survivor. I have been fighting for my life ever since I was a child. Whether it was toxic purity culture, the cult like organized religion I was raised in, or the money hungry psychiatric system, those who have tried to destroy me have failed.

Many have tried unsuccessfully to erase me. I learned to be a soldier when I was barely learning to walk. I have gone from one war to the next it seems throughout my whole life.

I live with several disabling chronic illnesses. I am autistic and have ADHD and live with Complex PTSD from a lifetime of trauma. I also am pursuing proper diagnosis for my chronic pain and many physical chronic symptoms.

I write to heal my inner child and do advocacy work to change the systems that hurt me. I advocate for the rights of the oppressed because everyone deserves to exist. Disabled people deserve to exist and be free of danger and have opportunity to pursue happiness. Survivors of psychiatry deserve to be heard and not silenced. Those who stand with or make excuse for systematic abuse or any abuse, are just as bad as the abusers themselves.

I refuse to stay silent, not only for my younger self, but for all the other victims of psychiatry. The system will not be allowed to hide behind silence and excuses as long as me and people like me speak up against it.

So I write. I write letters to my younger self, to my future self, to people in my past and my present. I write creative poetry and writings of healing.

My favorite quote is "As above, so below. As within, so without. As the universe, so the soul."