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Mental health Compromise with my therapist about not hiding in my bedroom anymore after SA

$173 of $1,200 goal
Given by 5 generous donors in 20 days

Mental health help. I want to go outside again after SA & attack in 2019 resulting in extreme PTSD.

Waikato

It’s embarrassing for me even ask for help as I’m usually the one helping everyone else but I dont have any other way. I was attacked & SA’d 8/6/2019 & havnt really left the house since. Extreme PTSD. I hide in my room & just read books. I used to be very active socially & loved my career I worked hard to build so my therapist thought a she shed would count as “going outside”. For now. It’s a change of scenery & I can people watch as my patio overlooks a park. Ease my way to seeing people in person. I however am now severely disabled & use a walker so working again to save enough fund is unrealistic. I tried with plastic tarps but they ripped off in high winds. My service dog recently died of cancer of the spleen so I’m just sitting in bed day in, day out, alone. I want to get a bit of normalcy or something close to it? something to enjoy & look forward to. A reason to get out of bed. I want a space that’s just mine & still be safe but I can still feel the sun and wind. Read a book, watch the ducks that return every year. Maybe the next step say hi to one of my neighbours? Wave to someone in the park? Who knows. Now at have just turning 40 this is what count as my pathetic first big step compared to everyone else asking for donations for but it’s a purpose a goal to work towards for me & my mental health. The shed in the pic is way bigger than the actual one I want to buy. I’m accounting for shipping, givealittle fees. I don’t know who hurt me so that’s why I don’t leave.

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A garden shed that’s accessible to me on my patio with my walker that I can turn in to a she shed where I feel safe but still “outside” not hiding in my bedroom anymore. I just turned 40 and I would like to gain some independence not more fear.

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Latest update

Sorry  1 April 2026

I’ve decided I might need to take the page down due to some unfortunate abusive and unsettling messages and comments I’ve received about it and have had to be reported to the police. The money that has already been raised will STILL be going to towards the shed it will just take a bit longer for me to save. I really do want to take steps to move forward in life and from hiding away for six years and I think my therapist is on to something, I had begun to get excited about the possibility. I really appreciate the people who were kind enough to donate, I thank you so very much.

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Silas
Silas on 19 Mar 2026
What a good idea:)
$50
Private Donor
Private Donor on 19 Mar 2026
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Paul
Paul on 19 Mar 2026
Good on you
$50
Dayna
Dayna on 19 Mar 2026
$20
katherine dryden

Thanks!

katherine dryden
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Guest Donor on 17 Mar 2026
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katherine dryden

Thank you!

katherine dryden

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This campaign started on 15 Mar 2026 and ends on 7 Apr 2026.