In fact, I felt very missing after my psychological breaks at Law School, yet this is a real turning point in my treatment and my disorder. Now when I was sick, and I knew it, would look like a future? I started Gogle: ‘Is there any schizophrenic lawyer there?’ , ‘Do they manage to pass the Bar and character and fitness exams?’ , ‘How do they manage in their profession?’ , ‘Are they successful?’ And ‘are they happy?’
Lucky sink, I contacted Allen Six. Alien is a recognized scholar in the law of mental health that is open about his struggle with schizophrenia and even published his memoirs in 2007 (a book for which he received many awards). I emailed it, saying, “I am very confused and upset. How is it on the other side of things? And she was very kind to email and even call with me. From this place the idea of becoming a lawyer was born. He advised that I could fulfill my advocacy and find an important part of my recovery journey.”
I also reached Elizabeth Pratt, who also has the experience of mental health challenges and is an active lawyer in the National Alliance on Mental Disease (NAMI). He also advised that a lawyer could be very empowered for himself and others. I just had to give up the opportunity to remain anonymous as a mental patient. But I had no conflict: solidarity always runs deeper than privacy, and if I could help a person, I would do. The advocacy certainly has been steadfast in my acceptance and recovery and hopes that in the future is far more stronger than the struggle I can now experience.
“Advocate has definitely helped me stay steadfast in my acceptance and recovery”
