Community Articles | Mental Illness Sufferers

I can only take so much Before I begin to explode Trigger points, panic attacks, And PTSD episodes. After facing trauma, That involves a serious threat, A person needs to heal, Until a certain threshold is...

Apr 22, 2020

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What I call an ‘almost’: My first visit with my psychotherapist

So my first visit with my psychotherapist, how did it go? It was amazing! I was early, very...

Apr 1, 2020

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‘Anticipatory grief’: Dealing with unknowns in wake of the coronavirus pandemic

This is a follow-up story to a previous piece written by...

Mar 31, 2020

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‘These are different times’: Mental illness and self-isolation

Self-isolation can be triggering for someone suffering from mental illness. At the time of writing this, I’m...

Mar 21, 2020

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I don’t want to be

About a year or so ago I read a Facebook post that explained what it was like to have anxiety to a friend. I searched and searched for that...

Mar 11, 2020

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Hostage To My Captor

Stockholm Syndrome -- that condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity. I believe I have developed the mental health equivalent with my captor,...

Mar 4, 2020

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Hitting Rock Bottom – How I Recovered From Addiction

“You’re just a drug addict. There is no hope. There is nothing left to live for....

Feb 12, 2020

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How my misconceptions about suicide changed

I’ve dealt with Major Depressive Disorder since my late teens. I am now going on 27 and...

Feb 5, 2020

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Maybe I’m the reason

Heavy breathing, shaking body, bloodshot eyes, and nails digging into a scalp. The exhaustion makes it worse, but it leads to the inability to sleep as well. Isn’t that funny?...

Jan 29, 2020

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Solitude

I was an unwanted child, the product of an unplanned pregnancy. So my birth parents split immediately and I was awarded to my mother. She was too young for...

Jan 22, 2020