#56 Skip Mondragon –Wrestling Depression is Not for Wimps- From Army Colonel to Suicidal Ideations and How to Get Help

#56 Skip Mondragon –Wrestling Depression is Not for Wimps- From Army Colonel to Suicidal Ideations and How to Get Help

***Trigger Warning ***Donald G. “Skip” Mondragon tells us the story of how he went from being bullied in school to Wrestling Champion to Army Colonel to a deep depression and how he dug himself out. He talks about the importance of faith, community and inner work.

Topics Covered:

-How to change prayer and the importance of faith in healing

-How the highs and lows of life give us purpose

-How to reach out to help in a deep depression

-How surrounding yourself with a good team makes the biggest difference

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. 

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