I don't know who all is still reading this down into the comments -- and those who are all still voting for this -- but I wanted to say thanks to everyone who commented on this and engaged with me and others here, and for all the votes which stand at 256 as I type this, with some whale support too, it means a lot to me. It's 31 hours after I posted this.
I do not open up anymore much about my life for lots of reasons, mostly due to my activism, being stalked and harasseed and threatened for challenging corruption in gov't and the police state openly but this felt good to do with you guys and the interweb.
I just wanted to let you all know that. Thanks everyone.