Plenty of Garnes’ trauma may be traced again to her childhood, to her tumultuous relationship together with her mom. When she was 12, she started dealing with points with consuming, not having the ability to focus, having random outbursts, and customarily feeling overwhelmed. Finally, she was introduced in by her mom to see a psychiatrist and was formally identified with melancholy and anxiousness. However her prognosis was swept beneath the rug (by her mom), and she or he by no means obtained remedy. With out an outlet or a approach to categorical herself, Garnes resorted to self-harming. And it wasn’t till she started engaged on The Sunflower Expertise, together with looking for remedy, and actually specializing in herself that, for the primary time, she “felt entire or aware of what was occurring with myself.”
