despite hope for living a happy and healthy life despite mental illness
42x Everything I did, I repeated forty-two times. I knew it wasn’t normal,but I just couldn’t stop. I was told by doctors that my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder was too severe to treat. I lost hope, courage and the will to live.
menial tasks hand washing opening doors washing dishes doing laundry getting dressed exercising checking email doing homework brushing hair walking sitting down brushing teeth shutting doors ordering books chewing food
My name is Elizabeth McIngvale. I am 25 years-old. It has been thirteen years since I was diagnosed with OCD. Yes, I have OCD, but I am continuing to live my life despite my disorder.
daughter
non-profit founder Peace of Mind Foundation
Licensed Master Social Worker
advocate
sister
It has been a really
uphill battle
While at Yale University,
I kind of found myself
losing my grip. Eventually, my main struggle became bipolar disorder.
I would go days without sleeping, I couldn’t concentrate in classes, and I had racing thoughts.
Today, my husband understands how to fight with me against my disorder, not against me as Robyn. My daughter has without a doubt been
my biggest anchor.
Bipolar disorder is no longer ruling my life. It’s not defining my life. I am a wife. I am a psychologist. And I am a mother. I live despite my past and for my future.
Asperger’s
PTSD
narcolepsy
OCD
depression
People with these disorders are
Right? crazy, agoraphobia
anorexia
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
ADD
wrong.
As seen, people may live healthy, happy, and productive lives
despite mental illness.
Information was appropriated from: Elizabeth McIngvale ocfoundation.org peaceofmind.com
Robyn Mandelberg WebMD Bipolar tv