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Be that Change

This all began on a whim, but as I got to thinking, this could be a very helpful process for me and anyone that is reading it. It’s a simple premise: I have had to shut my down my social work career (hopefully temporarily) due to a military mental health injury. As well, my own lineage has given me cormorbid conditions, so I’m basically defined by my diagnoses right now. This simple notion of being defined by your mental health conditions is one thing that I’ve stressed throughout my career; but, it’s different when you live and experience it as opposed to theoretically understanding it and preach it. There is a stark difference. This is my therapeutic journey. It’s been a very difficult 5 years for me, my mental health conditions began to blossom in 2019, four hospitalizations later, I’m finally feeling back to my educational self. One problem: I have crippling anxiety and bipolar 1, which means…. I have various other disorders that conjoin to my original diagnosis in a comordid fashion. The things that I once took an interest in are gone by the way side because of a knee injury and kneeedless to say, I cannot operate as I once did. But, if I can help one person in emotional distress, my job as a blogger is a complete mission. Be that change.