Mental Illness
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I AM NOT OK
Today (October 10) is World Mental Health Day. And I am not OK. Many around you are not OK. You may not be OK. But we live in a society where it is NOT OK to be “not OK”. We praise, reward, and seek to emulate those who portray “OK’ness” to the world at all…
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Never Say “No” to Angels
Why do we push against the things we need the most?
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committed
committing to commitment in various versions is differently difficult and beautifully baffling
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under repair
so much work yet to be done.
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Breathing; space.
Working through mental illness is not about being clever. ~ In fact, it’s the opposite of clever. Sometimes you have to stop thinking in order to ever think clearly again.
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headlines
have you played the game?
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t
December 26, 2018. Yesterday could have been a very different Christmas. 21 days ago, I tried to take my own life. I’m writing about it for several reasons. First, it has become exhausting trying to keep track of who “knows” and “doesn’t know” what happened, thus creating multiple opportunities for awkward questions and conversations. For…
defying atrophy 