6Introduction
2818. But I Stayed
7I. PART 1: ROOTS
2919. Small Strength
81. Dear Future Me
3020. Learning to Breathe Again
92. The Boy Nobody Checked On
3121. Unlearning Pain
103. Smiles That Lied
3222. I Met Myself Again
114. Raised in Silence
33V. PART 5: IDENTITY & POWER
125. Learning Pain Before Purpose
3423. Lyndon
136. What They Never Saw
3524. Scars Are Scriptures
14II. THE MIND AT WAR
3625. I Am Not My Diagnosis
157. Bipolar Kingdom
3726. Built Different
168. War in My Head
38VI. PART 6: PURPOSE
179. Depression Ain’t Sadness
3927. My Pain Has a Voice
1810. The Night Thoughts Get Loud
4028. For Anyone Still Fighting
1911. Triggered
4129. I’m Still Here
2012. I Don’t Feel Like Me
42VII. BONUS
21III. THE EDGE
4330. The Man Who Built Me (Even When He Didn’t Know How)
2213. The Voice That Sounds Like Peace
44About the Author