[pct-l] Trail fears and mental health

[Suzannah Swinehart]

Huh, and their child was coming in for intake? Go figure...

(No disrespect intended toward those with mental health issues!)


Janet wrote:
"But my job is as a therapist doing intakes with people coming in for mental health
services. I have the PCTA map of the trail on my office wall, marked with the 
approximate area I've covered (Campo to Kennedy Meadows so far), and surrounded by 
PCTA calendar photos of the trail. This week I was assessing a child, and his mother 
noticed the wall, asked about it, and then freaked out about my hiking alone. She 
said, "I may never see you again, but now I'm going to have to keep worrying about 
you out there by yourself." Her husband also got upset when I said I wasn't "packing" 
(a gun). 
 		 	   		  
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