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Speaking out to be an advocate/my story for Mental Health

Mental Health issues has truly been on the rise. May was Mental Health Awareness Month.  I just recently started to bring my attention and awareness towards mental health.  For many years my main focus was related towards disability but when I was looking into concentrations I decided to pick Behavioral and mental health.. Yes it is still a shock to me and other who know me. I wanted to expand my knowledge and field of interest to be able to support others and acknowledge more about myself. Mental Health is real.. Depression, anxiety and isolation is real.  During my years in high school I struggled with  accepting my disability. I struggled with a lot as a teenager never real spoke about.  I always was trying to find  away and fit in with the others, how my disability was develop is disappointment I would never forget but I have let it go and grew a lot more within.I remember breaking down into tears almost every night saying why me and wishing that one day I would walk. My mom would