The Mother From Hell
 
 

This piece chronicles a difficult event that took place years ago when I was trying to support my mother who had no other means of support for her mental health than to self-medicate. The piece is also about how our mental health system isn’t always equipped to be there for people who need more support than to be kept alive and medicated, and how in our society, many times, support for oneself has to come from within.

Jessica Kane
Libraries of Trauma (Encore)
 
 
The thing about trauma is that if you don’t get it out and identify it as trauma, you risk continuing to cope with trauma simply because you might not have the sense to recognize that’s what it is.
— from 'Libraries of trauma'
Jessica Kane