Tag: mental illness
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I’m so used to emptiness
If you are lucky, you have no idea what it’s like to have a disease that society questions because people can’t see it and aren’t sure they believe in it. …..But, suddenly, a tumor on my spinal cord!…There was something wrong, there was something they could do, but, more important, I had something that I…
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Everything is just fine, fine, fine.
The Queen is coming to America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!! Yes, Ellie Goulding is coming! AHHHHHHHHHHH! The plan is to see her in Raleigh, NC on a Friday night in June. I wanted to go to Maryland but it is a Monday night and I don’t know my schedule. What happened to the DC date? Everyone goes to DC!…
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when you’re sitting shotgun, you’re sitting pretty & free
Countdown: 97 days until Vegas 16 days until the office party 10 days until the board exam I’m not even worried about the office party right now. The board exam has me shaking in my boots. TEN DAYS!!!!!!! *$#@ me. AHHHHHHH The outburst is over. Now onto my regularly scheduled entry: #NoShameDay. I retweeted a…
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Can I get a refill?
Ranting time. ::erased rant:: because I’m over it. ————– Found on the internets 🙂 9 Things Not to Say to Someone with Mental Illness This is a little old but I just read it. My faves: 3. “Change your attitude.” While a change in perspective can be helpful, it doesn’t cure conditions such as ADHD, bipolar…
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Change the record
Siwe Monsanto, The Siwe Project’s namesake, would have been sixteen on March 8th of this year. Instead, she chose to take her own life on June 29, 2011. It was Siwe’s suicide that prompted Bassey Ikpi, a family friend, to found the non-profit. As a mental health advocate and a noted writer, Ikpi has maintained…
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Running on the line
No one is saying that James Holmes should be set free. WTF is wrong with people? Does anyone want someone who can build bombs and goes on a shooting spree set free? No. Why? Uh, he might do it again. (Of course he should be punished also…) Yes, this seems to be have to be…
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