Means that i am able to live a full, productive, and fulfilling life. And i absolutely agree with the discussion surrounding the exact terminology. But i really cant take issue with the concept. And whatever words we use to describe that experience of moving forward with our lives, of finding things that work for us, of finding ways to be happy and fulfilled in our lives, that is what were talking about with recovery. The word may change, but the concept stays the same. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you for inviting us. Thank you. Were going to keep moving on and were going to move to team c, Mental Health and veterans. Lara star. Hi good afternoon and thank you for giving me an opportunity to talk to you guys all again. Its always a pleasure to be back. Good to see you all. The offices have moved, so were not nearly as close as we were in the past and i think you cant have a conversation in regards to Mental Health and not in addition, have the conversation of how that i
Describe that experience of moving forward with our lives, of finding things that work for us, of finding ways to be happy and fulfilled in our lives, that is what were talking about with recovery. The word may change, but the concept stays the same. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you for inviting us. Thank you. Were going to keep moving on and were going to move to team c, Mental Health and veterans. Lara star. Hi good afternoon and thank you for giving me an opportunity to talk to you guys all again. Its always a pleasure to be back. Good to see you all. The offices have moved, so were not nearly as close as we were in the past and i think you cant have a conversation in regards to Mental Health and not in addition, have the conversation of how that intersects with the veteran population . So i am thankful it was allowed to continue to be part of the agenda and that we continue the conversation, and that the conversations that happened in the disability world dont exclud
Not in addition, have the conversation of how that intersects with the veteran population . So i am thankful it was allowed to continue to be part of the agenda and that we continue the conversation, and that the conversations that happened in the disability world dont exclude the conversations that also need to happen within the veteran community. So thank you again. In keeping with the Mental Health awareness month, the National Center of ptsd has june 27 as the post Traumatic Stress disorder day and for the entire community to realize the issues revolving around post Traumatic Stress disorder. In keeping with the language,. Post Traumatic Stress disorder and that post Traumatic Stress disorder doesnt have to identify you for the rest of your life. So just in keeping with the theme, we are a Veterans Service organization with direct services with Mental Health services, case manager, social workers, clinicians and we are veterans helping veterans. So a little brief history about ptsd
and fulfilled in our lives, that is what we re talking about with recovery. the word may change, but the concept stays the same. thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you for inviting us. thank you. we re going to keep moving on and we re going to move to team c, mental health and veterans. lara star. hi good afternoon and thank you for giving me an opportunity to talk to you guys all again. it s always a pleasure to be back. good to see you all. the offices have moved, so we re not nearly as close as we were in the past and i think you can t have a conversation in regards to mental health and not in addition, have the conversation of how that intersects with the veteran population? so i am thankful it was allowed to continue to be part of the agenda and that we continue the conversation, and that the conversations that happened in the disability world don t exclude the conversations that also need to happen within the veteran community. so thank you again. in k
wouldn t be able to do volunteer work that i do for the mental health association and nami and other groups, but i couldn t have done it if i hadn t gotten help from the city, from the city s services. so first and foremost, i am grateful and there are excellent services and there are gaps too. it s not a perfect system, but i am sort of a late bloomer in terms of mental illness and i actually managed to go through most of life without having a problem. and i am not saying that i didn t have problems, but i didn t think i had problems, but it took a series of crises in my 40s, situations happening together that put me in a tailspin of darkness that i didn t know how to function. still, i thought up to that time, mental illness happens to other people; it would never happen to me. i never came from a family with a crazy uncle and crazy aunts and those are terms that i used, stigmatizing terms that i used to use, not really knowing about these words and about the importance of