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Posttraumatic Stress, Anxiety, and Veterans Day

Posttraumatic Stress, Anxiety, and Veterans Day

Every November, the world celebrates Armistice Day, better known as Veterans Day in the United States. The way we recognize Veterans Day in the United States is a celebration of all things military, a day for remembrance, and a time to thank those veterans in our...

Thomas’ WRAP Story

The WRAP Program saved my life! This is not a dramatic statement. It really did. I did not go to the hospital for severe psychosis for 6 years now. I used to go every 8 months. Since I was 43 years old (in 2001) to 2008, I was in the hospital. I took the WRAP course 3...

Jode’s WRAP Story

Although I was introduced to WRAP in 2000 and wrote my first plan, it wasn’t until I became a WRAP facilitator and really starting using and knowing the importance of having a plan.  In 2006 I was hospitalized for what was initially thought to be a stroke because my...
Delayed Arrival at Desired Destination

Delayed Arrival at Desired Destination

Growing up, I was a big dreamer: college, marriage, family, career. I was enthusiastic, active, and driven. I didn’t let the anxiety I began experiencing when I was roughly nine, the depression I began experiencing when I was 14, or the hypomania which started at age...