Cartoon-A-Thon’s May 3 Mental Health Hero: Dana Foglesong

Dana is my buddy locally and we really had a blast together this past week at the DBSA conference.  She told me she has a great puppy, Colby.  She loves to belly dance so, I thought I would include that in the caricature.

“Dana Foglesong’s Recovery Story

I took the road less traveled. I would have rather taken the path my friends were taking. The path that would lead me directly to college, a job, marriage and kids. I took a different path; not because I wanted to, in fact at the time I had little choice in anything. At the age of 18, my path was defined by a pervading and frightening brain disorder, a mental illness.

For many years I let the path of depression and mania guide me wherever it wanted. I stayed in bed for months at a time if depression told me to. I lived recklessly when mania allowed. I believed I had no control over what I did or how I felt.”

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http://mentalhealthcartoons.com/bio/Dana-Foglesong-may3.html

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