My world shattered on Friday the 13th of April, 2012, the day I stepped into the psychologist's office. Using C.S. Lewis's Narnia as a powerful metaphor for my journey, it was like Lucy tumbling into a frozen land. The diagnosis, a spell cast by the White Witch of societal stigma, plunged me into an endless winter of hopelessness. The unwritten rules of mental illness, cold as the Stone Table, defined my new, frightening reality. But even in that desolate landscape, a Deeper Magic flickered – the life-altering power of peer support. Journey with me from the icy grip of despair to the warmth of spring, and discover how shared strength can make even death work backward.