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Faces of Loudoun: Mental Illness Just Means I Need Help Now and Then

2019-09-272019-09-27 LoudounNow 1 Comment

Meet Scott: For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with mental illness. It got worse in my early

As a boy growing up in Egypt, I always dreamed of living in the U.S. When I was in my

Nine years ago, my family and I fled Venezuela when a dictator took over the government. After 29 friends simply

In 2002, I was 42 years old. I owned an auto repair shop and raced cars as a hobby. I

Ten years ago, I was proud to be following in my father’s footsteps. I had a degree from JMU and

When I was just 2 years old, my parents left El Salvador for America. I stayed behind with my grandmother,

I was in my mid 30s and pregnant with my first child when I went in for an echocardiogram. I

My life changed forever two years ago, when my 17-year-old son committed suicide. William was a friendly, goofy, and popular

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Persistence and Love Unlocked My Child’s Silence My son Mason was 2 years old when he started to bang his

I was literally one day away from death when my adoptive mother rescued me from The Children’s Hospital in Panama