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Mental health. Those two words can be scary.

Mental health. It is something that once was a taboo subject to talk about. Now, it is one that is more prominent and discussed on a daily basis.

Hi, my name is Rikki. As a front desk agent, artist, and daughter, I struggle with mental illness on a daily basis. A diagnosis was received in August of 2021. Complex PTSD and DID (dissociative identity disorder) are the two that I deal with on a regular basis. Complex PTSD is the core PTSD along with other groups of symptoms. Often misdiagnosed, this one is from multiple different kinds of sustained t...