Stevie describes the lack of mental health support for the sudden life changes she experienced.
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So about a year ago, I started getting very poor mental health. I was diagnosed with PTSD from the incident, medically, like medical included PTSD as well as anxiety and depression related to my medical incident, as well as postpartum. So safe to say I did not get the right mental health treatment after my issue. They kind of just sent me home and said do this and this. And it was COVID so they were just doing the best they could. And I didn’t get anywhere.
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