A mother of two who contemplated suicide in an attempt to escape the “demons” and “voices” in her head after being sexually abused and diagnosed with fibromyalgia and two brain aneurysms has transformed her life with floristry. Marie Brown, 33, who lives in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, explained she had an “amazing childhood” up until the age of 15, when she claims she was sexually abused for nearly one year.
She was then diagnosed with fibromyalgia at the age of 19 – a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body – leaving her unable to wash, stand up, or walk at times. Marie’s mental health subsequently started to decline, as she “blamed (herself) for everything that went wrong”, and she was later diagnosed with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD).
At 26, while pregnant with her first child Joshua, now six, she was then told she had two brain aneurysms – bulges in the brain’s blood vessels – and she needed to undergo an operation. The procedure was successful, but Marie’s mental health continued to deteriorate and she started to hear “scary” voices in her head, telling her “how horrible (she) was”.
