Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-24-2021 “Sometimes it is NOT for you to figure out or decide, sometimes it’s just something for you to accept.” -EaE I was in Afghanistan when I decided I needed to give myself therapy, badly! I was so tired of being offended by literally everything everyone said to me, everyContinue reading “Unconditional Acceptances & Humanism”
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Cool feedback, but, wrong person…
Elisa A Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-10-2021 This topic frequently comes up. All across the world, those that suffer from mental illness get bombarded with “practical” advice that unfortunately cannot help their debilitating chronic symptoms. People may mean well, but if they use these punchlines, they may not understand what suffering with a chronic mental illness entails.Continue reading “Cool feedback, but, wrong person…”
Knowing when to Quit
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-24-2021 “I can spend year after year building and cementing a life for myself, and in an instant, walk away from it like it never mattered. But it’s because I know how to admit to myself when something isn’t working for me anymore. My life is wherever I want to takeContinue reading “Knowing when to Quit”
Hopes & Dreams
Elisa. A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 09-03-2020 “One more emotion or stressor could be one too many. The greatest awareness you can have, is knowing when you cannot take anymore… and when you must hope, dream and fight for something different.” There are layers to this madness that is the mental health profession. I cannot evenContinue reading “Hopes & Dreams”
Those ‘Psycho’ Athletes
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 6-16-2020 “The biggest mistake people make is having an end goal. An end goal implies that you will stop. Stopping means that the change will only be temporary.” -EaE No one forgets their most painful workouts; they are defining and legendary. Even if at the time it was pure misery,Continue reading “Those ‘Psycho’ Athletes”
Functionally Mental 