Inception
CONTENT WARNING: drugs, violence & mental distress
This was the year I began working on IJWBS, an acronym for “I Just Wanna Be Strong.”
At the time, I was going through significant, life-changing events. I was struggling to overcome depression and even spent some time in a psychiatric hospital. An experience which I found profoundly formative, as I left rehab with a tremendous amount of inspiration that continues to drive this project even today.
Most of the characters inspired by the interactions I had with other patients. I also faced some bad experiences involving law enforcement and even some interactions with narcos, which heavily defined the direction I wanted the story to take.