As hard as it can be, I recommend that a person with a mental illness who’s attending school follows through with getting a four-year degree.

Seek help at the mental health center on campus, get involved with ActiveMindss on campus, join a club.

Do what it will take to graduate even if you don’t have a high GPA at the end.

At University, I was a disc jockey at WSIA, 88.9 FM the college radio station. The two years I was an on-air personality were the happiest time of my young life. It made the prodrome easier to go through because I sought help and and no one I talked to could help me. So I had to do things on my own in college.

I’m certain that since this was in the 1980s things must surely have changed and that there is help for individuals attending school who have mental health challenges.

Log on to StrengthOfUs if you’re under 30 for resources if you’re a young adult with a mental illness.

It gets better. It truly does get better living with a diagnosis.

There’s nothing to feel guilty or ashamed about having a diagnosis.

My stance is that a young person shouldn’t get side-tracked into a long-term (over one year) traditional kind of rehabilitation program.

Going to college or getting trained for a job is in my estimation a better activity.

School is Cool.