Trauma is a heightened emotional response resulting from a distressing event that can cause various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms to manifest…
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The need for effective and accessible mental health services has grown substantially nationwide. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 51.5 million or 1 in 5 U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2019. But while the need for sufficient mental health treatment exists for individuals of all ages, many are unable to receive the care necessary to properly treat and manage their symptoms.
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I’ve had ample opportunities to publish the book, but turned them all down. The truth is, the book was no good and I knew it. In my mind, I would say things like “you surely know enough to help people now,” or “you know so much about life, just do it.” But deep down I knew that I would change in ways that the book could not. Then what?
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Hopelessness, I know, can seem like an abyss of nothingness in your heart craving to be filled with something you just don’t have. It is like someone hooked a giant sucking machine to you and sucked out all the life—I’ve been there. I’ve felt it.
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The pandemic has given each one of us more challenges than we knew what to do with — in various aspects of life, at that. With these challenges, however, came golden opportunities to learn more about ourselves and our capabilities, too. At the start of lockdown, many cried foul as services and resources were reduced or, in some cases, taken away. However, fast-forward to just a few months later, and people have learned to adapt and pick up invaluable skills along the way — in turn, becoming more self-sufficient and resourceful.
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It’s rather common thinking amongst mental health practitioners that in order for this group (the not ready, but wish they were group) to change, first, there usually has to be some type of negative catalyst mixed into their current situation. The drugs run out; wife leaves; car crashes; electricity gets turned off; friends stop loaning money, etc. The belief is that in order for them to change, the consequences of not changing have to finally outweigh the consequences for changing.
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