Army Veteran Credits ‘Carry the Load' for Helping Save Her Life |
Fast forward to 2012 and Mitchell, now a mother and back home had undiagnosed PTSD and was struggling to transition into life after the armed services.
“I became depressed and sad and I didn’t have any value anymore,” Mitchell said. “I felt that everyone would be better off without me here.” Mitchell says the first moment of change came that same year when she saw a report on the news of a man carrying a U.S. flag from West Point, New York to Dallas, Texas.That person carrying the flag was one of the original organizers ofShe wouldn’t meet Coleman Ruiz until years later but Mitchell says her first Carry the Load moment - gave her the spark to seek out another Dallas nonprofit focused on job readiness and self-esteem tailored to women.
Her story is part of a documentary premiering this Memorial Day. She hopes the film and her story inspire other women and anyone who feels alone to know they are not. “It was the first time I realized that the things I was feeling, I wasn’t the only one,” Mitchell said. “I wasn’t going through it alone.”
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