Healing from Trauma
"I really felt that the only way for me to sleep is if I was holding onto something, like my sword, because that was the one thing that protected me," Erika said. "And it just got worse." It wasn't long before Erika was dismissed from the Academy with a personality disorder...
Mrs. Eiffel
Erika first encountered the Eiffel Tower in 2004. She felt an immediate attraction to the structure. Erika told ABC News that she and others with OS "[...] feel an innate connection to objects. It comes perfectly normal to us to connect on various levels, emotional, spiritual and also physical for some." In 2007, Erika married the Eiffel Tower, changing her last name from LaBrie to Eiffel to honor her love.