If you told me six years ago that I would be working at my dream job today as a mental health peer specialist and program coordinator at form communities, I would not have believed you for three reasons” The first reason being that I was only just beginning my mental health recovery journey after several psychiatric hospitalizations for acute psychosis.
The second reason being I had not worked in a professional setting for a couple of years. The last reason being I had lost all sense of trust in my ability to decipher reality.
The concept that I could work became foreign to me for some time following my first acute psychotic break. I could hardly function typically, much less think about doing meaningful work at a mental health nonprofit.
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