Suzan Digh
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English
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For many LGBTQIA+ people, coming out is not easy. For some, it is horrific. This story (told in poetry/vignettes) explores the experiences of a girl who was put into psychiatric care shortly after coming out as lesbian. This "care" started with psychiatric medication and ended with her involuntary psychiatric hospitalization where she was treated with electroconvulsive (shock) therapy - with parental consent - at the age of 16. She is in Canada, where...
Author
Language
English
Description
This original poetry collection stems from (and helps sort through) mental health struggles around sexual identity, finding oneself, and overcoming substance misuse. Poetry can be a fantastic way to express those feelings that, otherwise, we hold inside, poisoning ourselves. There is a way through, and words can help.
The poems are free-verse blackout and erasure poems "found" in an early draft of a creative non-fiction manuscript I wrote.
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