Hello, my name is Christian, 28, struggling with some physical and mental issues. Most of my life, I was a victim of child abuse, and that carried on well into my adult life. I never really like to talk about the things I’ve been through, but lately, I’ve been trying to better myself. I’ve been getting the medicine that I’ve needed to help, but medicine isn’t that cheap. The cost of this medicine makes it difficult to always be able to take care of other bills. Some of these meds are really helping with my anxiety and depression, a lot more than I thought they would. Another is an injection, but it comes with a bad side effect. Because of it, I now have a weakened immune system. That means I have to be more careful with everything: infections, colds, the weather, being prepared for hospital visits so I don’t get sick, etc. I’ve never been one for handouts, but between dropping what is helping, or coming here and asking for help, I would rather ask for help than take a step backwards.