Being a Walking Permission Slip: How Dr. Carlos Garcia Turned Suffering Into Service
There’s a statistic Dr. Carlos Garcia carries with him: from the time a man experiences his first mental health symptom to the time he actually seeks help, on average seven years pass.
Seven years.
“If you sprained an ankle, you wouldn’t wait seven hours to go see a doctor,” Carlos says. “Much less seven years for something like mental health.”
For him, those seven years, or something close to it, were filled with struggle. Anxiety. Depression. PTSD. All while serving as a Marine Corps veteran, firefighter, and paramedic. All while trying to handle it on his own, coping in “ways that were…
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