Tell us how you helped yourself overcome the challenges in your life

Whether you have experienced trauma or loss we’d like to hear about the coping mechanisms you developed to help you through

After 53 years enjoying the bright sky of the American West, John Kapellas has spent the last decade living in complete darkness. One day he started to burn, blister and break out in rashes whenever his body was exposed to light. Now he is allergic to the entire spectrum.

When one of the side effects of the drugs John was prescribed made him “go nuts,” he started drawing large abstract pictures on his wall and playing the piano to calm his mind and soothe his pain.

Continue reading... March 02, 2018 at 04:13PM