Depression

Select a Category Anxiety Bipolar Borderline Personality Disorder General Mental Health Islam Mental Illness Uncategorized

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May 2017

May 04, 2017

Disability and Mental Illness

I began thinking about applying for disability in 2012. I had lost my job after...

May 02, 2017

Vulnerability

I was feeling vulnerable. I was feeling less than pretty. I was feeling old and...

April 2017

April 07, 2017

Loneliness, Addiction and Lack of connection

People say the opposite of addiction is connection. I struggle with loneliness and a feeling...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Loneliness and Isolation

Nobody really understands loneliness. At least that’s how I feel. And it’s probably different for...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

A letter to my friend mental illness

Dear BP, Hi, how are you? How have you been? I'll admit I'm a little...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

Delusions

My kids used to live in West Africa. They moved there with their father's...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Inspiration from Struggle (On being suicidal & surviving)

I told him I had no intention of sharing this story. The person who inadvertently...