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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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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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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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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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People Change, Get Over It
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I have changed over the past two years. I have written about it extensively on this blog. People change. Not always for the better, but in my case, it was a very good thing. Yesterday, a friend of mine who still works at the place I left two years ago… →
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Tools to Help
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Whenever I am in a position to give advice about getting help for mental illness, I immediately think back to two resources that helped me tremendously. The first is this book, Cutting by Steven Levenkron I randomly came across this book when Josh and I were browsing Waldenbooks at the… →
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Refreshed and Eager
Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I’ve said this before and it’s worth repeating…tired is an emotion. I don’t know what had me down and out the past two days. I was tired and yesterday I took a nap in the afternoon and still felt kind of out of it when Josh got home from work.… →
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Unexpected Side Effect
Thursday Thoughts on Mental Health As I drove to West Virginia today, I thought initially that my “mental health Thursday” post would be about how good it felt to take a solo trip like this. Deciding when to stop, where to eat lunch, what music to listen to…etc. But as it turns out, it didn’t… →