Get to Know Nathan Daniels discussion

JOURNAL ENTRY (Officially Unemployed)


“I've been avoiding crowds, and staying in the van when we go out. Even though I feel good now, I'm concerned the reality of our current bleak situation is sneaking up on me. It's hiding just around the corner, waiting to blind-side me with the force of a tidal wave, and knock me into oblivion.

I haven’t blacked out in a while, or had any serious episodes, but I remain leery of my psyche.”

ARTICLE
One Man's Struggle With Agoraphobia

"It's difficult to get people, who have no first-hand experience with severe mental illness, to understand the reality of the problem. Far too many people adopt the attitude that you should just "snap out of it," or "it's all in your head."

The fact is; you can't decide you don't have a mental disorder any more than you could decide you don't have cancer. I want to explain what it's like to try to functioning in society with a debilitating psychological illness.

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