Danielle was in her late 20s with two young children when she experienced her first onset of psychosis. Voices kept telling her to do things she didn't want, and they would not quiet. Intrusive thoughts and flashbacks to past trauma overwhelmed Danielle with anxiety and paranoia. Acts of daily living, even washing her hair, frightened her. Gripped by depression, Danielle lost her job and was hospitalized twice. But thatβs not where Danielleβs story ends. When we first met Danielle, she was living with her parents and feeling shut down. Yet she hoped to get an apartment, find a job and possibly pursue a college degree. Through Buckelew's Sonoma County Independent Living Program, her dreams shifted to reality. |
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