Through association with friends and acquaintances, who have their own brands of anxiety, I have realized that graduating from college and securing a career is elusive to many who suffer from severe anxiety or chronic depression. I like to keep in touch with others who are also suffering from anxiety as a way of keeping down to earth, realizing every person's situation is not the same as mine. Sometimes I do this through talking with people on an online forum for those suffering from anxiety, Anxiety Social Net.
Way back when, I announced on Anxiety Social Net that I graduated with my bachelor's degree in English. Far from being excited or inspired, one person responded with desperation. How? He wondered how I did it. How? I tried to explain all the help I received from therapy and understanding teachers but it wasn't enough of an explanation. Nothing I could say would be enough to make it seem it could also happen to him.
I can't tell him what the best way is for him to carve out his path in life. All I can say is that there have been so many times when I have simply wanted to give up all hope for myself. But that would have been a mistake. It would be then, and it would be now, and it would be were I to do so in the future. Same for him.
I don't know where this internship is going to take me. But I am grateful to be able to work for Catholic Charities. What an incredible opportunity this will be.
"Never, never, never give up."
--Winston Churchill
Namaste
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