Frazee s Karen Pifher has had a long road to finding happiness
Editor s note: This is the fifth installment of the Tribune s 10-part mental health series, Inside Out: A Step Inside Mental Illness. It focuses on one Frazee woman s battle with trauma, depression and anxiety, and why she decided to stop drinking as part of her recovery.
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Frazee resident Karen Pifher (at right) with her blended family, including (from left) son Lars Norstebon and daughter-in-law Angel; son and daughter, Taylor and Brady Crabtree; and husband Daniel Pifher. (Submitted photo)
Teenage pregnancy, domestic abuse, rape, losing the family farm, divorce any one of these traumatic life events might be considered as a trigger for mental health issues like depression and anxiety. But Frazee resident Karen Pifher has experienced them all at different points in her life, and credits her family, faith and local mental health resources with helping her find the pat