October 29, 2007 – 8:00 am
After President Nixon resigned, he was saying good-bye to his White House staff. He told them that you cannot know how majestic the mountains are until you know how deep the valleys are. that’s how I feel about mental illness.
When did my journey begin? Did it start when I was a child? Did it start [...]
October 28, 2007 – 8:00 am
I was in a horrific car accident with my boyfriend at the age of seventeen. We had all been drinking. I ended up with broken pelvic bones and a closed head injury. It took 15 weeks before I was healed and out of the hospital. It was months before I could ride with other people [...]
October 27, 2007 – 8:00 am
As far back as I remember, I’ve had paralyzing anxiety. In 6th grade, I began to have blackouts and crying tantrums that I couldn’t control. Even though my family was notified, my problems were not addressed.
As I grew older I became more emotionally isolated. I believed that I was going insane and tried very hard [...]
October 26, 2007 – 8:00 am
My name is Tina, and I would like to share my story of some things that happened in my life to bring me where I am today…
It was a hot summer day and it also was my 8th birthday. I was in my new red shorts and a top to match. I was playing all [...]
October 25, 2007 – 8:00 am
At age 5, I was raped by a neighbor of whom I have no recollection. My depression began at age 5 and continued. As a child I felt sad, the result of my father’s anger; he physically and emotionally abused me for many years. This violence followed me the rest of my life, in my [...]
October 24, 2007 – 8:00 am
I have suffered from severe anxiety for as long as I can remember, with clinical depression diagnosed at twelve. My parents divorced when I was seven and, although my mother tried her hardest, we were poverty stricken. I worried all the time and was plagued with stomachaches, shyness, insomnia, anorexia, and terrible self-esteem. In junior [...]
October 23, 2007 – 8:00 am
When I was younger and living with my parents, my mom always put me down and said a lot of things that hurt a lot. I thought your parents were there to protect you, not hurt you. In high school I was always in trouble. My school was almost like a jail, so I had [...]
October 22, 2007 – 8:00 am
I moved up north with my mom two years ago for a fresh start, not knowing how difficult it would be. I had no friends up here, no way of meeting anyone without going to a bar. The first year wasn’t so bad. I had a lot to occupy my time with: projects around the [...]
October 21, 2007 – 8:00 am
My illness began to take its effect on me about 8 or 9 years ago. I managed to get by until around 6 years ago, when I was 43. I had been working an impossible job as a restaurant manager for 23 years and at about the same time my husband asked for a divorce. [...]
October 20, 2007 – 8:00 am
I got into a bad car wreck in 1987 around February 2nd or 3rd. It must have been around midnight and that’s why two different dates are in question. I ran into a boulder. I broke my right ankle and have a big scar on my belly from an operation as my kidney or liver [...]
