http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/22/mh_stories/ News, commentary, resources, and more about Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/22/mh_stories/comment-page-1/#comment-45277 John Trippel Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:15:24 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/10/22/mh_stories/#comment-45277 I went back to college after being a member of a psychosocial clubhouse because I became so bored with the program of work, menial work gets old and I believe many people not all but some can do that much more but aren't being challenged to excel. I had been diagnoised with paranoid schiophrenia over thirty years ago and I struggled with making it in this world on my own. I couldn't do it so I ended up in the hospital/community revolving door, until I got on the bus and went out to my local community college and enrolled. I did well and got my Bachelors degree and I paid for it with loans and grants, now i work full time and I have a much fuller life. I still see the doctor four times a year and I've learned the importance of keeping up with taking my meds on a regular basis but overall I am rather independent today compaired to before I went back to college. I went back to college after being a member of a psychosocial clubhouse because I became so bored with the program of work, menial work gets old and I believe many people not all but some can do that much more but aren’t being challenged to excel. I had been diagnoised with paranoid schiophrenia over thirty years ago and I struggled with making it in this world on my own. I couldn’t do it so I ended up in the hospital/community revolving door, until I got on the bus and went out to my local community college and enrolled. I did well and got my Bachelors degree and I paid for it with loans and grants, now i work full time and I have a much fuller life. I still see the doctor four times a year and I’ve learned the importance of keeping up with taking my meds on a regular basis but overall I am rather independent today compaired to before I went back to college.

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