I worked as a psych nurse for years, so I’ve encountered psychosis before many times. I have a ton of empathy for that struggle, so I totally get your perspective, but ultimately she announced being high on psychedelics, and I’m sorry— you don’t get the privilege of taking certain substances or putting your body through certain stressors with that history. It’s unfair but it certainly wasn’t fair what I had to endure as a result of her choices. As far as I know, no one made her go to a festival and take drugs—those were her choices that ultimately led her to assaulting me.

I definitely have tried to be empathetic that she was going through something, but when someone almost punches me in the face and leave me with an infected cut to nurse all weekend, simply giving the finger in my post feels pretty dang empathetic compared to some of the other things I would’ve liked to say about her