Published: January 10th 2019, 5:47:40 pm
Hi, everybody. Marianne here. I mentioned in the previous post that we had personal problems but I realized that I didn't go into much detail about them.
Martin and I are both diagnosed with our own mental health problems, but Martin tends to struggle with suicidal thoughts. A couple months ago, we found out that someone in our community, Michael "OneKids" Hecht, abused his friends and roommates that worked with him at Elite3 on Pokemon 'Bridged. This is not something we know from a secondhand source--Mike called us up and told us what he did to them himself. Obviously, this is mentally straining, and Martin has been attempting to get seen by a therapist for several weeks now but because of a nationwide provider shortage and a recent therapist strike, he fell thru the cracks.
Last night, Martin got in to see a new therapist, who immediately recommended that he self-admit to a mental hospital because of suicidal thoughts. After much crying and discussion, we have decided that this is not necessary for Martin at the moment, but we both agree that we need to make his mental health a first priority right now until he gets settled on a new dosage of medication and has a new therapist that won't jump to the worst-case scenario after barely speaking to my husband.
I'm sincerely sorry for the strangeness of this year. We really have been trying our best but it's hard to get our head on straight when the professionals we ask for help from won't do their jobs in a quick and efficient way. I had a very similar issue with getting the help I needed for PTSD earlier last year. It took them a month to get me in to see someone.
We promise we will get back to making regular content as soon as we can. We have some really cool ideas that we're disappointed will have to wait, but our health is more important. And this Patreon makes paying for our health insurance possible, so thank you so much for your pledges.
More news when I have it.