12 Years Ago, My Entire World Came Crashing Down

I was certain then that I wanted to die, but I realized it was the wake-up call I desperately needed

It wasn’t pretty. None of it.

I had just left an 8-year abusive relationship, I closed up my dying hair salon (sort of weird pun in that), and declared bankruptcy. My life was a mess.

If you’ve ever hit rock bottom, you know how absolutely hopeless and desperate it can feel. You become completely detached from the outside world and all the people in it.

You smile and nod politely when someone says hi.

“How are you?”

“I’m fine, thanx.”

Day in and day out. But you’re not fine at all and secretly wish to step off the face of the earth.

No one understands what you’re going through. No one can help you. Every single day, you feel like throwing up, crying, curling up in a ball and hiding. You feel like doing anything other than face people.

I never saw this coming

I thought I had life by the balls. Well, on the outside, I did.

Nice house in a posh neighbourhood, successful partner, I had a hair salon in the downtown core, I was…