How Being Ghosted After My PTSD Diagnosis Influenced My Ghosthunting YA Book... by Chloe Spencer

Content Warning: discussions of PTSD, brief mentions of suicide ideation

When I was first diagnosed with PTSD and started treatment for it last year, I thought

about how grateful I was to have a support system. I envisioned throngs of friends showing up for me the way you would someone mourning a loss: answering the phone when I called, offering to help me with minor tasks, or spending more time with me. As I fought through wave after wave of flashbacks, panic attacks, and bouts of suicide idea...