Has something ever stopped or deterred you from accessing support for your mental health? If yes, what was it?
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“I want someone normal” he said, “without mental health issues”
A ‘wink’ had come in from a popular dating website. For the uninitiated in online dating, this is an indication of interest from someone. I clicked…
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The sound of silence on mental health
“…the sound of silence on mental health problems hurts. It devastates, and sadly, in some cases it kills.”
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5 misconceptions about invisible disabilities
The world of invisible disabilities is damn hard place to live in. Aside from being fraught with all the usual problems people with visible…
View More 5 misconceptions about invisible disabilitiesDon’t judge me
If I could choose, I wouldn’t choose pain, no one would, whether it’s the kind of pain you see or you can’t see.
View More Don’t judge meThe Meaning of Suffering
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering – Friedrich Nietzsche My own life has been riddled with…
View More The Meaning of SufferingSaving theWorld…& Ourselves
…the irony is stigma leads us to suffer in silence while we are judged by people who will also have a mother, father, sister, cousin, aunt, co worker… suffering as well.
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