Photo of a dried piece of wood in the mountains of Arizona that looked to me like an animal skull. *Trigger warning- suicide ideation mentioned briefly* The nightmares were unbearable. They plagued me from childhood through my early twenties, but I attributed them to an active imagination and a fearful personality. Even at twenty-four whenContinueContinue reading “Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 2”
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Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 1
My first work study job in college was in 2002 as the secretary of the counseling office in a small Christian liberal arts college, smack dab in the middle of what we call the “Bible Belt” in the United States. Even though May was designated Mental Health Awareness month in 1949, there was still aContinueContinue reading “Why Mental Health and Empathy Matter to Me Part 1”
FRAGILE HUMAN 