I'm new here!
Hi, my name is Ericka. I'm here because I want to share more about how I've survived trauma and abuse and am trying to find my daily "what's next" in the recovery process. I am looking to find others who have been through their own battles and swapping strategies how they've survived. For me, it was three aviation disaster podcasts during the pandemic that helped to give me enough tools and concepts to hold onto when it felt like I was SwissAir 111 on the inside during my first psychotic break Summer 2025 at age 39 due to the effects of decades of trauma, stress, sleep deprivation, and homelessness. Now that I've come out on the other side and I've been going through the black box of my break, I'm starting to share some of how I made it, and kept my humor and humanity throughout, even if I've had to dig it out under a pile of shame. Not that I'm some guru or anything (and I have to state that clearly, because religious. delusions were a part of my break, lol), just someone who hopes that people will feel less alone and finds some courage to try again with humor and a whole lot of grace. We're not alone in this!






