Carla’s story has been one of the most inspirational stories that I have yet to read in Firewalkers. Throughout her story, there were several battles Carla had to overcome, but three stood out to me the most. First, was that Carla knew that the stigma of a mental illness would affect family members and the churches she attended. She explained that her husband did not tell her in-laws about her mental disease until after one of her in-laws developed a mental illness. Knowing that Carla had to hide her disease from her family was upsetting because mental illnesses should not be an issue that stays hidden. Mental illness needs to be an issue that is publicly talked about in health care because many individuals develop them during their lifetime.
