Ever wonder how to find coping skills? How does one
cope with mental illness? People pull their kids away from you.
Family sets you up for failure. (well, mine did) Friends use you.
(well, I thought they were friends) How do you cope
with all of that?
I used my education to help me cope with all of that. (along with
taking my medicine religiously) My ethics never changed. My
morals never changed. My honor never changed.
So, I keep going to school. Continuing my education has prepared
me for some of the toughest dependency relationships that have
peppered my lifetime. I can use my wit. Yes. Wit. It has to be
learned. It is not instinct that gives it to you, but education does.
There is an author that has developed coloring books to help
you cope. It has skills scattered throughout the books. There are
about four of them. Here is one. The Happy Beagle. They are by
the author Giacomo Paniagua Jr who works with rehabilitating
the mentally ill. Someone who has put in the time to really get to
know the population.
