Nakia D. Montgomery, 44

#MyTherapyJourney

Nakia D. Montgomery, 44

📍 Lancaster, Texas

“It was May 2, 2018 and I was told I was being suspended indefinitely from a position I held for only 2 years. I assumed I would be at that job forever. The benefits were phenomenal and the pay was great. However, a few weeks later I was fired and informed my services were no longer needed. I was crushed, hurt, and in disbelief. My world as I knew it was financially frayed. To go from a two income household down to one was hurtful. There were no words. My heart was broken and I didn't know how to put the pieces back together. This is when I started to sink deep into loneliness. I became filled with anxiety. Hopelessness became my comfort and I all too well understood what it meant to become depressed.

I had a mental breakdown a few weeks after Christmas, so I sought a reputable therapist in January of 2019. It was a scary ordeal...I had never experienced anything like that before. I didn't know if I was going to recover. I was afraid this was going to be my new normal. I remembered having a passion to write and a dream to be a world renowned children's book author as a kid, so I started to write. I didn't know what it would be about, I just wrote. I loved it and knew somehow it helped. It wasn't long afterward my therapist showed me that my issues were deeper than losing my job and helped me to gain my strength and power back. I was able to envision my life the way I wanted to live. My therapist taught me to see the best in myself every day and to challenge myself. I'm no longer hopeless, feeble or weak. I'm a conqueror and I'm on my way!”