before you read my full story below, know this: what follows isn't just words on a screen. It's pieces of a human being laid bare - the kind of truth that either pulls you in or makes you look away. most will look away. but if you've ever felt the abyss staring back, maybe you'll understand
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2017-2019: academic, financial, and family losses dragged me **from light into the abyss**. construction gigs barely kept me alive until COVID hit.