Month: April 2023

My Mental Illness Recovery Story: Finding Freedom From OCD  “Courage is to confront what can be imagined”. (Leo Rosten) My … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 18

Visits With Dad Ever since the divorce of my real parents when I was two, I normally visited Dad once … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story,  Chapter 17

Bipolar Psychiatric Hospitalization Experiences Since my manic depression got diagnosed in 1998, I have been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital … Read MoreMental Illness Recovery Story,  Chapter 16

“CAMPING TRIP: I FINALLY OVERCAME THE FEAR OF MY ABUSER “  “Nothing produces deeper satisfaction than successfully challenging our own … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story, Chapter 15

During my late stretch of working at disAbility Connections, I found another part-time job, this time at Goodwill Industries. Making … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 14

  “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” (Zig Ziglar) From someone, I heard about how some disabled people, … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story, Chapter 13

“In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest”. (William McKinley) In 1999, when I was 26 years of … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 12

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step”. (Martin … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 11

 “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” (Corrie ten Boom) The summer is over and … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 10

 “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”.  (Helen Keller) Once I … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 9