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I went to R. Work Group in 2002. What brought me to R. Work Group, was I was suffering from depression & anxiety, & had really bad panic attacks. I was attending college before that & found it really difficult & a lot of pressure even just to be in school.  I've had a career before & worked in the office field. I just wasn't really confident. My emotions were kind of all over, & the panic made it really hard to get from place to place. So I heard about R. Work Group & I met Bonnie Maguffee & then I was given a counsellor.  My anxiety was so bad, that I'd often not be able to go to the grocery store. I lived close to a convenience store & would buy my groceries there, because I could hold my breath long enough to get to the convenience store. If I had to go to the grocery store, I would be really dizzy & shaking & crying, & felt like I was just going to die.

I was introduced to my counsellor, & we had the time to talk & I let her know what was going on in my life. We just really searched who I was & the things that I like to do, & I just felt hope. I went back to the basics of who I am & what I enjoy doing. Not necessarily finding a career in that, but just that I do like things & I do enjoy life. So we did some testing & just different things, to see what I was good at & my skills & stuff like that. And it was really, really fun & it wasn't scary or anything. And that's what I enjoyed about it.  My most favourite thing about it was just the love.