book suggestion: UNSHRUNK by Laura Delano
https://www.lauradelano.com/book/unshrunk as it happens, I know Laura. but I still wouldn't say good things about this book if I hadn't read it. it gets my highest recommendation, not given lightly. you may say, "oh, but I haven't gone through forced psychiatry, I haven't gotten put on psych meds or tapered off them..." sure. but the memoir has so much more going on than that. it has to do with self-reliance, faith in yourself, forgiving yourself. if the specifics of her life story do include the above experience with meds and psychiatry, all the better, but you can still learn a lot and get inspired regardless.