Nov. 8, 2013, was a beautiful fall day until abruptly and tragically it wasn’t. Unexpectedly, my youngest sibling collapsed while raking leaves and died immediately at the age of 54. In the midst of the shock and grief of his loss, his family began a journey into the previously unknown world of a rare genetic heart disease. This world is filled with mystery and anxiety. An excellent local cardiologist in Elkhart, Ind., offered what he could, but he recognized this problem was beyond his scope of practice. Where to go now?
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I have a mental illness. I live with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I’ve been in and out of therapy for almost half my life. I was 47 years old when I was properly diagnosed with the disorder, but I’ve felt different from other people since I was 8. This is a long time to wonder, “What’s wrong with me? Why am I like this? Did I do something to make me this way?”
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