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Why Crocs Are Essential to My Life With Mental Illness
One day in my human behavior class, the topic was mental illness and she opened it up to us, “Stand on the left side of the room if you think a patient on a psychiatric unit can have their shoelaces. Stand on the right side of the room if you think a patient cannot.” Having gotten to know my cohort quite well, I was not surprised to find myself standing alone, on the right side. My professor looked at me with a huge grin having known a great deal about me and my mental health experiences, she looked to me further. My classmates’ eyes widened. The discussion and series of questions began.
