Through The Victim's Eyes

I did not come to a mental health center to get better. I entered the doors to make my pain go away. My son and I were shot on the front porch of our home. The first year I endured seeing 53 different doctors had 7 surgeries spent 32 days in the hospital had over 400 counseling medical and therapy appointments and had 2 suicide attempts (one by police). I lost my home business left a 23-year marriage spent a month in a nursing home and moved into a group home for the following year.</P>Along my journey I learned that I had disorders with names like Post Traumatic Stress Major Depression and Bipolar. At first I thought perhaps taking my medications would do the trick but there was more to be done . I then thought my Recovery Specialists should just wave their magic wand and fix me but there was no wand.</P><P>Any psychiatrist or psychologist can tell you about the symptoms of mental illness. Medical physicians can tell you about physical disabilities. Only a person that has been down the road of mental illness victimization and physical disability can tell you how it feels and what it takes to recover.</P>