Gender	Female
Occupation	EMT/Peer Support Specialist/Mental Health Advocate
Location	Winchester/Temecula, California, United States
Introduction	33years. Published Poet & Writer. Mental Health Advocate. Owner & Founder of Authenticate You Movement. Diagnosed: Anorexic purging subtype. ARFID. Anxiety. Bipolar. Borderline Personality Disorder. Chronic Depression. Dysphagia. Ehlers- Danlos Type 3. OCD. Body Dysmorphic Disorder. C-PTSD. Gastroparesis. Panic Disorder. Trichotillomania. Insomnia. Self- Harm: Cut & Burn. Im stuck and im struggling to keep my sanity above insane. I've opened my life to Christ and his love has been so abundant in my life it's literally changed and saved my life! This is an old blog so some things may not be Christ like, but it's always %100 honest and up front feelings! I know im meant to live through the BS So, im doing just that. I am Essence, and you are reading chapters of my book. Where i am the author, and i hold the pen. No one but me, signs their name at the end. I am Living Proof.
Favorite movies	Girl Interrupted. To The Bone. Soul.
Favorite music	Female Rappers, Country, Korean music, Japanese music, R&B, Pop, Emo, some Rock.
Favorite books	Laurie Halse Anderson Books. The series writen by Ellen Hopkins, Impulse, Perfect, Crank, etc..

When you open your eyes underwater, do you ever worry that you'll drown?

I try to drown my thoughts. I dont want to resurface to face them so i try to drown my sorrow, like theres no tomorrow. but in the end the monster still survives.