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Gratitude into the Future
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday September is National Suicide Prevention Month. I’ve written extensively about my mental health. There’s so much that people don’t understand about people with mental health issues and I’ve made it my personal mission to share my story and experience so that more people will know what it’s like for people… →
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Writing a Resolution
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday There’s two things that come to mind today about mental health. Yesterday, we had our weekly team meeting at work. We have a mental health counselor on staff and when it was her turn to give updates on her department, she shared with us that there’s a form of grief… →
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Promises Never Broken
Promises to yourself can go one of two ways. You can make a promise but have no trouble breaking it because it was just with yourself. You’re not letting any but yourself down. But it can also go the other way. A promise to yourself can be sacred and very powerful. It could be something… →
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I Am Who I Am
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday This question made me squint and furrow my eyebrows. This question makes no sense when you consider the obvious, we are who we are because of our experiences. I consider that to be well, obvious. What shapes us is our experience. As kids, our initial opinions and thoughts about certain… →
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Over for Now
What’s a chapter of your life you’d title “The Hard Years” — and what got you through it? This is an interesting question today. One that’s actually easy to answer. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you can probably guess what my answers will be. My first two years of college… →
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Life-saving Doctor
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Yesterday, in my post You did good, kid!, I reflected on an essay I wrote about an appointment I had with my former psychiatrist, Dr. Simpson back in 2002. In my essay I mentioned in multiple places how much trust I had in him and how willing I was to… →
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Like a Toddler in a Super Hero Cape
Self-confidence, honestly, I think is something you are born with. You have it until something takes it away. I remember being out-going and totally happy with who I was all the way up until I was done with the 6th grade. I was living in the same place as I had since I was 4.… →
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Healing Stone
Talk About it Tuesday I succumbed to an ad on Facebook. There’s a crystal shop that does a thing where you can order a number of scoops. Whatever number you order, there’s a video of the owner taking that number of scoops of marbles from a bowl. The color of the marble corresponds to a… →
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F*** the Stigma
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Every week on my social media accounts, I post something about how I know the stigma around mental health issues is bs. I always start the post saying it’s bs and I end by saying “f*** the stigma”. And I truly mean that. So far I’ve posted videos about how… →
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I Still Don’t Know…Maybe
Movie/music Monday “The Devil Wears Prada 2” opened in theaters this past weekend. I’ve previously written about how deeply that movie resonated with me, particularly the ending. This post explains it pretty well: The ending I deserve. This one also explains why I am very hesitant to see the new movie: An Ending and a… →