Manic, Anxious, and the Pursuit of Meds

By Matthew J Miller

After graduating with a master's degree in special education, Matthew J. Miller begins his first teaching experience in the bush of Alaska. After only a quarter into the start of his teaching career, he experiences the first mental breakdown of his life and finds himself homeless living out of his car; this becomes the catalyst for a cyclical pattern of manic-driven PTSD for the next decade of his teaching career.

After being non-renewed from three out of his first four jobs, he resurrects his career in a high turnover, day treatment school for students with emotional and behavioral needs. Reviving his career comes at a cost as vicarious trauma combined with his own issues becomes too much to handle ultimately leading to another mental breakdown.

After a year's time of prescribed "heavy duty" meds and therapy, he experiences a complete rewiring of his system giving him the ability to make sense of his past and present. Moreover, a wave of untapped potential is uncovered allowing him to find purpose in life and finally find true happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649521588
• ISBN13: 9781649521583
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Fulton Books
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"