Charles Sakai  2011 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon by Chato Stewart

 

My mental health journey began in the mists of history, back in the day when Freudian psychoanalysis was the leading form of therapy, mental hospitals were used as a threat to keep children in line, and effective psychotropic medications were few and far between.  When one of my sisters committed suicide in 1971, it became a wake-up call for me.  Over the years I pieced together our family’s pattern of depression and bipolar disorder from relatives who were most unwilling to even talk about the subject, learned everything I could about human psychology, and was confined to a psychiatric ward twice before doctors arrived at a diagnosis and started doing something about my chronic depression.  Now it appears my life’s work is to continue the ongoing process of recovery, advocate for the mentally ill, and offer a helping hand to my peers, to include veterans and homeless people.  My belief system dictates that we are accountable to God if we neglect those who are less fortunate than ourselves.

Charles M. Sakai
Colorado Springs, CO



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