All of my articles are in publications. These have audiences of their own. So if you publish through Medium publications, then you at least theoretically can get more eyes on your stories. The one I linked to covers personal stories on mental health, so I thought it might suit you. Here's another one about Medium and writing. https://medium.com/feedium

This is my own publication, but it doesn't have many followers, so it's better to get into publications that have more followers. https://medium.com/curious-scribe

To get into a publication, you just click on their submission guidelines and request they add you as a writer.

Here's an old story of mine listing some publications. https://medium.com/writers-blokke/looking-for-publications-to-write-for-1aa95d56af2a