TW: This video addresses the subject of suicide. For the first interview of our What’s Underneath Pride Series in partnership with @spring.health, we want to thank Claire Raymond (@livingwithclaireity) for sharing her incredibly brave story with us. In this interview, Claire goes into depth on her painful journey of being diagnosed with Tethered Cord Syndrome at 11 years old to living with a visible disability at 22, stepping into her queerness, surrendering to what you cannot control, and how finding community among disabled and queer people who mirrored her experiences, tapped her into her power and enabled her to love life in her darkest moments. Learn more about Spring Health here: https://www.springhealth.com, About Claire Claire Raymond is a Mental Health Advocate and Social Media Personality. In this video, she talks about talks about living with tethered cord syndrome, struggling with the health care system, mental health, and being a queer, disabled woman. In her own words: “I had my life planned out. I was going to have a husband. I was going to have kids. I was going to have the house. I was going to put my head down. I was going to go to school. I was going to finish in four years very quickly. I realized that you're not in control of your life. I feel like my life has already pre-planned out and I'm just learning as I go the steps to go forward.” About StyleLikeU If you agree that facades separate us and being radically honest brings us together, please take a moment to subscribe to our podcast and share this video with any friends or family who could benefit from feeling less alone in their journeys with mental health. New Episodes drop Thursdays! FOLLOW STYLELIKEU: Join the movement on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3sa8Mxw Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q32JsZ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3bl0LA7 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/35nTMCC Spring Health is breaking barriers to mental health by working with employers to give employees fast and easy access to the right care, at the right time. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, together with Spring Health, we are creating opportunities for YOU to share your mental health journeys online and ‘in person’ at our virtual ‘What’s Underneath: Collective Therapy’ summit in June. Follow @stylelikeu and @springhealth on Instagram for more details and announcements on how you can participate and share in the healing power of vulnerability, truth-sharing, and the unshakable bravery to be yourself.