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Raw and Open: The repetition of unhealthy behaviours
When an unhealthy behaviour is repeated enough, over enough time, it actually changes our normal innate...
Being Gone and Coming Back
I wake up, and immediately wish that I hadn’t. The overwhelming feeling of despair isn’t the first thought I have, it is just...
Raw and Open: Thoughts from the Borderline Community
A diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is misunderstood by most. Regardless of the number of...
Born this way
I was born sick. On May 15th, 1992, my lifelong journey with anxiety began. My parents knew nearly right away that something was not right. Doctors, nurses, specialists all said...
Man up On Mental Illness: The silence of men
To recognize mental health month in the U.S., I have decided to write about the silence...
Raw and Open: The Misinformation of Borderline Personality Disorder
The label Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) does not do justice to...
Chasing the High of Success and the Hell it brings
Maybe it's just me. But it seems that anyone who suffers from depression, often searches for...
Proof of hope
I was born in 1980. My struggles with mental illness began when I was four years old. I started sticking myself with sewing needles and slamming my head against...
Raw and Open: Depression and Medical Marijuana
Many people experience depression and often try to treat it with anti-depressants or other related medications....
PTSD and the startle response
I am lucky, every morning when I open my eyes to greet a new day I do so with a blank slate. I...
Raw and Open: Persistent Depressive Disorder
There is never a time when I am not depressed, nor do I remember a time...
An abnormal childhood
Our childhood was far from normal. Our Mom had epilepsy, so we witnessed lots of Grand Mal seizures. She passed away. Leaving behind Dad, my brother and I. Well, soon after she...
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