by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP has changed my life from an endless circle of mental illness to some concrete stable days. I spent 12 years in counseling, and volunteering at a mental health drop-in center. My days were filled with medical and mental health appointments. I heard about WRAP and... by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
My name is ALeeta. I am a 56 year old domestic violence survivor and still am working out a lot of trauma that has come from this horrible crime. Without me writing about that scene I want to concentrate on why I stayed accepted and stayed in domestic violence for... by WRAP and Recovery Books | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
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...
by Sarah Hancock | Jul 7, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
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... by William Hood | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
In 1990, I had just finished filming a five-part video project on the Age of Exploration for Encyclopedia Britannica. When I learned that the 10th annual National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) convention would be held in Chicago, I grabbed a colleague and a...