When seen from the outside, Ted Weiss' life reflected only a fragment of a complex, intricate picture. When he was in his 20’s, what everyone saw was a bright young man starting a career in law with everything going for him but on the inside, he struggled with depression. The first major episode hit him when he was 28 years old, in a time when there was no conversation about mental illness.  

Fortunately, since then, much has changed, and the same can be said about Ted's life. After decades of putting a front and hiding his condition from those around him, he decided to speak openly about his experience with mental illness and the impact it has had on his life, including the fact that he had to leave a successful law firm in Houston because he felt that the stress that came with the work was detrimental to his mental health.  His path to healing included therapy, medication, and most importantly, learning to create meaningful relationships. “I lived the first half of my life in the world of accomplishment, but I didn’t have close relationships because you need to commit time in order to have strong relationships. Since therapy, I’ve lived differently and put a priority into that. Back then, I had nobody,” he says.  

Ted is part of the Stability Network, a global initiative that aims to open up honest conversations about mental health. To know more about the Stability Network, visit: https://www.thestabilitynetwork.org/ 

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