Personal Narrative: My Experience With Psychological Disorders

The earliest experiences I had with mental disorders came from within my own family, my aunt always felt troubled. When we would go to the grocery store she would often believe that others were talking about her, even when all evidence was to the contrary. I would ask my mother about this and she explained that she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia at the time I had only the most rudimentary understanding of what this disease does. My aunt suffered every day until her dying day, whether it was her delusions or hallucinations, I learned then that psychological disorders are very real.
My reason for wanting to further my education in the Master’s Program of Clinical and Mental Health is that I wish to expand upon my work as an advocate for