(10-14-19) So proud of my son, Kevin, who recently was invited to describe what “it feels like” to have a serious mental illness. He recounted his rocky road to recovery – how he broke into a stranger’s house to take a bubble bath, was hospitalized five times, arrested and shot twice by police with a taser – before his “light bulb” moment when he accepted that he was sick and needed help.
He delivered his speech at the Treatment Advocacy Center’s 2019 National AOT Symposium and Learning Collaboration in Columbus, Ohio. Thank you John Snook,TAC’s CEO, for inviting Kevin to speak and D. J. Jaffe for recording Kevin’s speech.
Thanks to Kevin too for joining others willing to share their stories publicly. There should be no shame in having a mental illness. Only shame in not helping someone who does!
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