Thank You For Every Kindness
“Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time, I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts,…
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Why Suicide is Sometimes the Answer
Trigger Warning: The following article contains reference to depression and suicide. I know the title is not a popular statement. I know it’s something that is looked down upon. I know it…
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Lighting the Darkness – the Truth about Depression & Suicide
The light streams into the shadows of my mind illuminating the darkness It travels down the corridors of my scary places provoking me to follow it as only light can In that…
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Rubber Chickens & Bipolar Disorder
DISCLAIMER* For the love of Zoloft, do not alter or discontinue your mental health care plan without the express supervision of a mental health care professional. In January of 2014, I found…
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Having an OCD Moment
Are you insulted by people who don’t have OCD/bipolar/ADD/etc. saying they are having moments that involve those mental illnesses? Then this article probably isn’t for you, because I’m about to write about…
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Desperate Measures
When I think back to my son’s infancy, I remember two things most vividly: His crying, and my own sense of desperation. I’ve long struggled with how much of The Button’s story…
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You Are Not Alone in Depression
you cannot see or listen to the very heart of life it isn’t there, then suddenly you feel it going no direction it is everywhere knowing every word it makes no sound…
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