Jared Baker

How My Wife Taught me about Mental Health

I have always considered myself an intelligent person, and I strive to be open-minded. I am smart enough to realize that there are things I don’t know, and don’t understand. I know my limits, but have always strived to broaden my horizons by learning that which I do not know. I was always taught to push myself. If I came across a word I didn’t know, I’d look it up. If someone offered an opinion different than mine, I’d look into the facts. If it turned out that the facts had changed, I’d change my opinion rather than argue. This outlook has served me well in life, at least until recently. I have finally come up against something that I just can’t seem to wrap my head around: Mental Health.