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What I Did
It has been an oxymoron. I had three successful careers, and am well-educated, juxtaposed to 21 car accidents, 21 hospitals, and two outpatient programs.
02
What I Could’ve Done
There were things I could have done during my short and long periods of remission to minimize my destructive behavior. I was blind by pride that impregnated my excesses and denials. I sometimes embraced the victim role, which emboldened the idea that I could not change unless my circumstances changed.
03
What Others Do
For me, it was stepping through a minefield of spiritual failure and demonic influence enveloped in stigma. Only because I aggressively became compliant with therapy and resources that improved my quality of life have, I been able to combat stigma by not trying to. I have come to realize stigma, like cancer, will never go away.
04
What Others Could Do
This is where empathy and sympathetic can work together. In other words, the First Responders and Second Responders work on a means to address a type of solution they can work on together. This will benefit the family and friends, mentally challenged loved ones, Second Responders, and society at large. But their hearts must be in it.
05
What We Could Do
When I say “we,” I speak of the mentally challenged community. I am addressing us not to just depend on “What Others Could Do,” as indicated in this latter chapter. Like a child, “we” cannot rely on others to take up the mantle to address stigma and the prejudice that comes with it that dastardly affects our quality of life.