Considering Suicide? Don't.

I am Robbie Bertram and my life matters.

On June 29th, 2024, between 3:43PM and 4:30PM, I was stalked and attacked in broad daylight by two people I've never met in Pittsfield Massachusetts. I was wearing a MAGA hat. I have received no community acknowledgment to what happened to me, and in fact am now the target of threats and harassment the more I try to talk about what happened to me, as I have been gathering the courage to do for the past 6/7 months.

I have a Retinopathy of Prematurity, a surviving twin, a recovering alcoholic and a violent crime survivor. I'm also a self taught programmer thanks to channels like Traversy (whose story i can kind of relate to).

After six months, I recently went to my local psychiatric unit because dealing with being violently assaulted and then mocked/ignored became too great of a burden to deal with alone. I felt invisible.

I am seven years sober this month, I will celebrate it alone. Speaking out has cost me a lot, because for the first time I let my emotions really be expressed. But there is a cost to being a jerk.

However, no one has advocated for me, not really, so I'm advocating for myself and I'm not going to stop speaking out until this is a national scandal.

Let the world see the sick things that have been going on in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

No one's basic rights, communal advocacy or right to exist should depend on their political preferences.

I'm heartbroken that this is the community I survived abuse, neglect, disability and alcoholism to return to.

But I never have to be alone again. After a lifetime of isolation and fear, I no longer fear just being another person. For my whole life I've been like a robot. I'm tired of that.

I've been documenting my life on my Facebook profile recently, you can decide what this is for yourself:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DupEQaS7N/

I can be reached at programmers.rule.the.world@gmail.com