Hi my friends.

You all know me as Hermit. Over the last year I have lost 17 people in and around my life. At the beginning of the year there were 3 people that passed, and as a result I took a week away to try and process that, which sincerely helped. However upon returning home, someone in my life passed away almost every other week until it grew to the number I have aforementioned. I have done my best to keep it together, but had a hard time going and getting help or asking for it as I felt the need to try and take care of others. As a result I have truly learned a very simple but very deep lesson. You can't take care of others if you, yourself are not well.

At the suggestion of all my local friends, my partner, and my friends online, they have suggested the best way for me to be of service, is to take a mental health break so I can pursue therapy, see my physicians and find peace after so much loss, and come back when I'm fully well and centered.

In order to do so I need time to truly get help, which is why the amount I'm asking for help is as follows. Nothing extra, simply the amounts for cost of living.