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Author’s note: This post deals with some discussion of mental health struggles and references a recent sexual assault story.

I have to start this off with a super quick personal story. I’ll keep it short, I promise.

I’m one of the unfortunate many who live with one of the world’s most annoying mental cocktails: a combination of depression and anxiety. To quote Chidi Anagonye of The Good Place fame, “You know the sound that a fork makes in the garbage disposal? That’s the sound my brain makes all the time.” It’s about as fun as it sounds.