Kcci meteorologist fired12/28/2022 ![]() ![]() I could have been more patient all those years, should have worked harder to erase the ever present negativity from my mind but my mental illness wouldn’t let me. It dawned on my right then and there exactly how much my depression and ADD had negatively impacted my life as a spouse and my life as father to our two beautiful children, until I got a handle on it. By the time I was halfway through I was done. Tears began rolling down my face when I began thumbing through the first picture album. It’s working very well and I now have an entirely new outlook on life. I am seeking counseling and treatment for both. I have suffered from depression my whole life and I was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Maisie is 21 and Lucy is 18 and it wasn’t until a few months ago that I became much more like the father I have always wanted to be. ![]() Lynn and I were sorting through old pictures of the kids today and it hit me like a ton of bricks. ![]() I’ll just go straight to the Facebook post: That’s where we all go to try to convince the word that we are as cool and caring of a person who we want to believe we are, right? Well, I went there for another reason last fall and that’s because I was incredibly frustrated with myself after coming to probably the most important realization of my life. I did have one very important moment of public stupidity and that was on Facebook. last night and I couldn’t bear to put one on.Īs far as the whole stupidity thing goes. That’s unintentional and I apologize for not wearing a suit today. I am a 1986 graduate of Iowa State University and I am still a stupid guy who is learning and I show my stupidity on a regular basis - on 5, 6 and 10. I thought I did, but I was able to find that out. I didn’t know that I had Attention Deficit Disorder. Pretty much my entire life, I’ve known that I have depression. I stand before you as a stupid and stubborn man. This post has been edited for length and clarity: Steve Karlin told his mental health story at the 2019 Annual Conference on May 14 in Ames. STEVE KARLIN "It’s only as scary as you make it. ![]()
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