Corrina RawlinsonFounder of She's Honeslty Mental

SHM Episode 1 - Part 5

5 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker reflects on their first mental‑health hospitalization, which they kept largely private, confiding only in family and a few close friends. They describe the difficulty of hiding their experience due to a tendency to overshare. When a second, unexpected admission occurred, the speaker expected to be “fixed” after the first. Instead, they chose to announce the hospitalization openly on Instagram Stories, detailing their struggles. The outpouring of messages and support they received made a profound impact, revealing that people genuinely care and helping the speaker feel less isolated.

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When I was first hospitalized for my mental health, I didn't really tell anyone. I just told my family and some of my very closest friends. But as someone who has verbal diarrhea and just loves to spill the things, that was really hard for me because I felt like I was really hiding behind this wall and I couldn't be open and I couldn't be honest with anyone. And then when I had my second admission, and that was not really one that I expected because I thought after the first one I'd be healed, I'd be fixed, like I'm on my way, I'm totally okay, I just kind of shared it online on my Instagram stories and I was like, hey, so I thought I would just with everyone that I'm actually in a mental health hospital right now and I'm really struggling and these are the things that are going on with my life at the moment. The amount of messages and support that I got from that, I went, oh crap, people actually do like me. People actually do honestly care. And that was such a powerful moment for me because I felt like I wasn't alone.