Legacy of a Lost Daughter
A narrative memoir about a mind turned against itself — and the decade it took to reclaim it.
At nineteen, desperate to escape an eating disorder, I entered a therapeutic relationship with an untrained, unregulated practitioner whose certainty gradually replaced my judgment. Doubt became proof. My relationships were reframed as toxic. I severed all ties to family and friends — and walked away from the life I'd known.
When the promised healing failed, I disappeared. With no money and only my dog for company, I hitchhiked halfway around the world, crossing continents and oceans in an attempt to recover my life — and my mind.