Mental Health and Razor Blades

Megan Benoit Ratcliff
7 min readJun 24, 2023

***Names and identifying details have been altered to protect confidentiality***

“Chelsea” had always been easygoing according to her mom, but she just wasn’t as happy as she used to be. Her freshman year of high school had been tough, with shifting and souring friend dynamics, a challenging Algebra class she had struggled to pass, and the loss of her beloved grandfather to esophageal cancer. Her mother…

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Megan Benoit Ratcliff

Pediatric psychologist, writer of random things, squirrel watcher. Every day affords us an opportunity to be the best—or worst—versions of who we want to be.