Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-26-2023 “How many people can say that they know the look in a person’s eyes who is already dead? Mind made up. Ready to go to heaven. Ready to end it all, and then he did. I will never not blame myself.” -EaE Everyone asks me why I wrote my firstContinue reading “Remember… “You signed up for this””
Author Archives: functionallymentall
Mommy Dearest
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-15-2023 We take for granted the things we have always had, that we never had to lose. In this case, it does not feel like a privilege, but a ‘right.’ But, it’s never a right. We are entitled to nothing. I have a recollection of puzzle pieced memories as a toddler.Continue reading “Mommy Dearest”
The Veterans Club Podcast
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lj-haywood-podcaster_mentalhealth-veterans-military-activity-7057128558413934594-tJKB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios I sat down with LJ Haywood and other veteran panelists to discuss the stigma associated with mental health in the military and veteran population. We also highlighted some excerpts from my book Unseen: Uncovering the Invisible wounds of military trauma. To order click on link below: https://www.elisaescalante.com/books.html
Work Work work work work
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-29-2023 It recently occurred to me that I have not yet written a blog specifically on the topic of how our stressful work lives/ environments factor into our deteriorating mental health. This is an important topic! As we often spend 40+ hours at our job’s week after week, month after month,Continue reading “Work Work work work work”
Learning the Art of Love
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-28-2023 ‘Unconditional love is for kids. Grownups need conditions. If you surrender all your love without conditions, it means you don’t have love for yourself.’ -EaE ‘He felt like my favorite coffee right next to a warm fireplace that never went out. If that makes any sense at all…. just pureContinue reading “Learning the Art of Love”
Mental Health Internet “Experts” Part 4
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-20-2023 It’s been a while, but I have collected another bundle of “bad internet advice” quotes to debunk. The social media world is a never ending cesspool of poorly written advice!
The Favor Bank
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-10-2022 “You’re welcome, for all the shit I did for you that you forgot to say thank you for.” -EaE If there’s one emotion that caught me off guard and left me feeling very uncomfortable and unsettled, I would have to say it was my rage. Because by my early thirtiesContinue reading “The Favor Bank”
No More White Picket Fence
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-28-2022 You feed a bunch of people a fantasy, you create a herd of people chasing a ‘dream’ that leads to disappointment. If you feed everyone the same fantasy, you neglect the concepts of diversity and individuality. Then you push the masses through the same customs and teachings; you will createContinue reading “No More White Picket Fence”
The Double Edged Sword
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-13-2023 There are issues that come up in a persons life that have no good, easy or perfect answers. In some cases, we get to a fork in the road where we have two or more crappy options, and we have to try to sort out the question of: “which optionContinue reading “The Double Edged Sword”
Shedding
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-6-2023 “Stop holding on to what is not for you. Get out of the quicksand. Swim toward the surface. Shake off the poison. Push away the evil. Make a barrier between you and all else; create secret passwords for access. Move forward. Be brave. Accept the new.” -EaE What do weContinue reading “Shedding”
Functionally Mental 