Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-2-2021 “You don’t tame an addict by forcing them into sobriety. You tame them when you can help them find the proper medicine to treat their underlying wounds.” -EaE As people read this blog and get to know me through social media, they would never guess who I was asContinue reading “The Myth of the Gateway Drug”
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Unconditional Acceptances & Humanism
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”
Always a work in progress
Elisa A Escalante/ LCSW / 2-17-2021 Ever notice that we seem to change drastically in 5-7 year increments? At least, I would hope so. It’s the growth process, meets new people, meets new environments, takes on new challenges, gains wisdom and so on. Change means growth, growth means change. It’s also terrifying and painful atContinue reading “Always a work in progress”
Twenty important lessons I learned as a mental health worker
Elisa A Escalante / LMSW / 2-2-2021 1- Every action, behavior, emotion and thought has a story behind it. No matter how much someone doesn’t make sense, they will always make sense after you hear their story in its entirety 2- we are all entitled to as much pain as we want to handle. 3-Continue reading “Twenty important lessons I learned as a mental health worker”
Lesson’s from the Elders
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 11-20-2020 Parenting education teaches that there are three roles parents and elders must ensure to help in the development of a healthy child: 1- Nurturing (feeding/ loving/ sheltering) 2- Educating (send them to school or home school them) 3- Socializing (making sure they know how to get along and liveContinue reading “Lesson’s from the Elders”
Chasing Highs & Lows
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 08-21-2020 “The one thing that saved me and gave me hope for many years, is also what’s slowly destroying my body and mind. And now, I am forever torn.” -EaE What’s your poison? Have you figured it out yet? Do you still believe drugs are only injected into the bodyContinue reading “Chasing Highs & Lows”
Growing Pains
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 8-17-2020 “Laughing is easier than crying, anger is easier than grief, silence is easier than talking about it, forgetting is easier than remembering. But, we do not get the luxury of choosing how and when to feel things. And although we can disguise and hide our pain, we cannot will itContinue reading “Growing Pains”
NOT your Mother Teresa
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 8-5-2020 “When helping someone, if you are working harder than they are, that’s a problem.” -EaE The kindest people of the world get put up on the most dangerous types of pedestals. The pedestal of people pointing at them as the ‘go to’ person anytime anyone needs anything, ever. Unfortunately,Continue reading “NOT your Mother Teresa”
RAGE
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-25-2020 “You can’t evaluate another person’s situation by looking at it through your world” -Terrence Coffie/ LMSW I would be considered, whatever the opposite of angry is. For the most part, people commonly told me I was one of the nicest people they had ever met. There were a fewContinue reading “RAGE”
Living in a Nightmare
Elisa A Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-15-2020 “I often wonder, do they feel pain the same way I do? For the same reasons? And to the same extent? Or am I just crazy and alone in this? Maybe they are just good at hiding it too? Happiness is wanted from us all, it is easier than truth.Continue reading “Living in a Nightmare”
Functionally Mental 