Mental Health Stories: Issues / Information / Self-Assessment / Support and Counseling

Click on the links below for downloadable PDFs of these personal stories:

"There May Be a Reason Life Seems So Rough..." (64KB) has been made available from the March-April, 2003 issue of the journal, The Mississippi Lawyer, pp. 17-19.

"A Light Beyond the Darkness" (48KB) has been made available from the March, 1998 issue of the Texas State Bar Journal.

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We are always looking for contributions of personal stories of lawyers, judges, and law students who have suffered from mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc. Please contact LCL at 651-646-5590 (or 1-866-525-6466) if you may be interested in having your story made available anonymously to members of the Minnesota legal profession.

These stories, telling both the effects of the illness on one's life before treatment and the effects of treatment can be life saving for others who have yet to find their way to help. They can also be the single most powerful means of helping other to decide to seek help.