Siren no. 8

“I am in control of what I want you to know.”

BRITTNEY

She/Her
EMT
Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, C-PTSD

Brittney is an EMT who struggles with anxiety and depression. She described her mental health to me as something forceful and energy-fueled–calm on the outside, frenetic on the inside, and a spiral of warring logic and perspective. Eventually she came to say that she felt like she was in a hurricane, mixed between the calm eye or drowning in the torrent. Ultimately, she said she felt powerful in that despite her struggles, she controls what she wants me to know and others to see.