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Things I Didn’t Expect When I Became a Parent

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How a School Project Helped Me Face My Trauma

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Understanding Schizophrenia

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My Daughter’s First Episode of Psychosis

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Anxiety And Fear: What's The Difference?

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Myths and Facts of Bipolar Disorder

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A Mother’s Reflection Over the Loss of Her Son

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A Message for Anyone with a Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness

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Redefining My Normal After My Diagnosis

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Let My Journey with BPD Be Your Guide (Not Your Blueprint)

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How Biking Helped My PTSD

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The Power of Delusion

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The Pain of Not Seeking Help for My PTSD

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How Understanding My OCD Helped Me Manage It

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Three Psychiatric Facilities in Seven Weeks

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Schizophrenia Does Not Have Me

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Zoomed: My Experience with Online Group Therapy

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The Voices that Caused Me to Lose Everything

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Neuroplasticity II: Recovery After Jail

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Neuroplasticity: How I Survived Psychosis and Jail

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A Plea for Compassion as Someone Who Was Arrested During Psychosis

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Reaching Out to a Loved One with Substance Use Disorder

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Black History Month: Writing This Triggers My Anxiety

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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Helped My Anxiety

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Trauma in Children of Latinx Immigrants

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My Experience with a Catatonic-like State

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Understanding the Symptoms of BPD

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Six Self-Care Tips on Overcoming Abuse-Related Trauma

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How I Manage the Side Effects of Antipsychotics

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Healing from Heartbreak with BPD

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The Use of Language and Imagery as a Tool for Managing Anxiety

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Making a Difference One Person at a Time

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Clinging to Hope During My Son’s Battle with Addiction

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Quitting Tobacco with A Mental Illness: What You Need to Know

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My Emotions During My Husband’s Bipolar Episodes

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When You Have an Anxiety Disorder, Courage Is Subjective

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7 Tools for Managing Traumatic Stress

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Why Stereotypes About Psychosis Are Harmful

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What People Get Wrong About Bipolar Disorder

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It’s Not “Just” Anxiety

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5 Things I Wish My Loved Ones Knew About Dissociation

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What I Want You to Know as Someone with BPD

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What People with Mental Illness Want You to Know

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5 Common Myths About Suicide Debunked

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The Importance of Accepting Help

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My Spiral out of Reality

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What Safety Means as a Trauma Survivor

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A New Treatment Option for Major Depressive Disorder

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When Someone is Suicidal, Choose Support — Not Guilt

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Suicide Prevention: Saving Lives Now and Beyond

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My Friend Is Suicidal: What Should I Do?

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From Patient to Survivor

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How Early Intervention Impacted My Life

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7 Myths About Pediatric Depression

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Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder

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Why I Decided to Be Open with My Students About My Mental Illness

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How My Latina Identity Holds Hands with My Depression

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My Faith Saved Me

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Recovering from an Eating Disorder as a Trans Person

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Q&A with NIMH Director Dr. Josh Gordon

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Managing Anxiety: Becoming Aware of What I Can Control

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Why Mental Illness Education Matters to Me

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Living with Trichotillomania: A User’s Guide to Saving Your Eyebrows

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Telling the Monster Goodnight — My Child with OCD

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What Is It Like to Hallucinate?

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Addressing Emotions with Mental Illness

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Healing from Childhood Trauma and Dissociative Identity Disorder

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My Journey to Seeing Myself as Beautiful with an Eating Disorder

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Bipolar Disorder: My Experience, My Own Words

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I’m a Mental Health Professional, and I Understand

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When Schizophrenia Took Over My Life

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Quarantining with Borderline Personality Disorder

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How Therapy Helped Me Manage Trauma

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Getting My Son the Help He Needed

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Being Socially Isolated with Mental Illness: A Perspective for Loved Ones

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Finding the Best Medication Regimen

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How to Ease Children’s Anxiety About COVID-19

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The Only Option: Seeking Help

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Eating Disorders: What to Do When Your Teenager Is at Risk

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This is For Me

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Climbing out of the Hole

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How PTSD Affected My Life

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Learning to See My Depression and Anxiety as a Gift

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Coming Out with Bipolar Disorder

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Mental Illness Should Not Be a Secret

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Is This Recovery?

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How I Recognize My Early Warning Signs of Mania

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Coping with Schizoaffective Disorder

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Learning to Take Care of Myself

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5 Reminders for Survivors of Trauma

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Using Humor as a Coping Tool

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To Those Who Don’t Understand My Favorite-Person Relationship

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I Can’t Cure My Mental Illness, But I Can Make Progress

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Sobriety is Not Boring

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How Hiking Helps My Depression

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Beyond the Baby Blues: Depression During and After Pregnancy

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It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Even If You Are a Professional

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Preventing and Preparing for a Mental Health Crisis

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Talking Back to Scary Thoughts

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Don’t Invalidate My Depression

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