Help Corbyn Get the Mental Health Support Needed

UPDATE: I'm humbled by this response! Please, no one feel any need to donate more - I'll be closing this down shortly (trying not to make it look like a scam but you all moved FAST on this!). I am researching a trans-friendly location to check myself into likely by this weekend/start of next week, as soon as my time off is approved at my work. Thank you all again for your donations! You don't know how much you've done for me. Wishing you all the good karma for your help!

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I'm in the midst of a severe mental health crisis, but my household relies on my income to pay our bills.

Hi, my name is Corbyn. In addition to my 9 - 5 as a behavioral therapist working with kids with autism spectrum disorder, I am also an actor, performer, and volunteer educator.

If you are local to the Phoenix area, you may have seen me as Brika Brak the goblin at the renaissance festival, various monsters menacing you in the line for Thirteenth Floor Haunted House, or performing on stage at various drag shows as Father Frightly. I was also an art and art history teacher for 10 years, up until the pandemic.

I've been struggling with anxiety and depression since my teenage years back in the 90s, but I suspect something more has been going on. I'm grappling with the darkest of thoughts right now while struggling to pay my bills, not just for my sake but for the 3 other people that live with me in my house.

I need to get help, but I want to make sure everyone is taken care of and the bills get paid while I'm away. Missing work will result in a loss of my income which was already barely making ends meet for just my part of the household expenses.

I'm not wealthy enough to just take a "grippy sock vacation." I've probably needed one for years now since my husband passed away (coming up on the 10 year anniversary of that loss) but I've always told myself I can't afford it or can't afford the time off from work.

$2000 would allow me to check myself into a mental health facility and finally get the help I need. It would also allow me to focus on getting better without panicking about the wellbeing of my housemates without my contributions.

If I somehow do raise more than that goal, I would put it toward continued follow ups for my mental health moving forward. I know this isn't something that can just be fixed with one stay, so I would continue to put in the work and see the recommended doctors.

Thank you to anyone able to contribute anything at all. I hope to someday reach a place where I can pay this kindness forwards to others who struggle. And remember, please see to your own financial needs before trying to help others - take care of yourselves first and foremost. We are all out here struggling, so don't make your own situation more difficult just to help a friend.