118 Skip Mondragon - Even tough guys get depressed

Lights out, blinds drawn, door locked, phone off, I curled up in a fetal position under the desk in my office. I kept asking myself, “Skip, what are you doing? How did you get here?” I thought, “What happened? I’m a tough guy. I’ve been in the Army 25 years, I’m a Colonel, physician, deployed 30 months in combat zones, and endured many hardships. I’m a National Wrestling Champion. I’m tough!” Over the next four hours, I wrestled with these questions. Utterly broken, I finally admitted, “Skip, you’re depressed, go get some help!” April 17, 2014 was a new start.

Donald G. “Skip” Mondragon, MD, graduated from the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals in Canton, Ohio. Colonel Mondragon is a twenty-six-year Army veteran, spent thirty months in combat zones, and is a National Veterans Wrestling Champion. Skip became a casualty of depression and as he recovered, was called to advocate for men struggling with this dark disease by speaking and writing. He is the author of Wrestling Depression Is Not For Wimps! Skip and his wife, Sherry, reside in Midlothian, Texas. 

Skip's 3 top tips:
1. Even tough guys get depressed! You’re not a wimp if you ask for help. 
2. We all need a strong support system of family, friends, and faith.
3. God can take your mess and transform it into your message.
Skip can be reached on FB and Twitter @SkipWNW and through his website at www.wrestlingisnotforwimps.com 
You can find his book on Google, Barnes and Noble, and on Amazon at www.amazon.com/author/skipmondragon

 

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