Now that nine months have passed, I’m still left with anger and questions about what happened, but there’s not much I can do at this point other than move on. For me, this process has involved having extra sessions with my therapist to process this experience. It’s mind-boggling to me how I’ve had to start therapy again to process the effects of another practitioner, but this is what it’s come to. Also, I needed to look for a new psychiatrist.

If you’ve ever looked for a psychiatrist before, you’ll know it’s hard. The process is complicated further as most won’t take insurance (and charge $800 (£637) for 60 minutes, which I can’t afford).

After several months of going through the directories, I found a new doctor that I am seeing later this week. I’m nervous about how that’s going to pan out as I haven’t had great experiences in the past, but I’m left with no choice but to hope it’ll be better.

“My psychiatrist ghosted me after 6 years and left me with so many questions”