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You and Me
Together we will be fighting for life, for equality, for understanding, and most importantly, for empathy for all who struggle to live with mental illness.
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Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors
For years I didn’t know that what I was suffering from had a name. I just thought it was a “bad habit” like the way my OCD hand washing was just “good hygiene skills.”
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My Daily Struggle
This is a typical day in my life. I struggle with GAD, panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD and seasonal depression.
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An Open Letter to the Scale
You have left me with scars and a permanent battle I cannot forget, but you also have given me something else: my strength.
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My Battle with Myself: How I’ve Lived Life with an Eating Disorder
This realization impacted me in a fundamental way: I finally accepted I was on the verge of a full-blown eating disorder and could land in the hospital.
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Learning to Love Myself—and My Bipolar Disorder
I had heard of bipolar disorder, but I had stigmatized and stereotypical ideas about what people with bipolar disorder were like.
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Sadness Is All I’ve Ever Known
As of today, I am five and a half years recovered from an EDNOS.
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A Heartbreaking Realization
Five months into my recovery from BED and twelve days after the passing of my friend, I began to realize that I had lost precious time.
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Outside Stigma’s Window
Ashamed and made guilty by my diagnosis and bad habits, I felt like I hit the bottom of a valley. I got stuck and felt like I was sinking into quicksand with no way out.
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When Silence Isn’t Golden
When we are hurt by feelings such as loneliness or hopelessness, we hesitate to ask for the same care we would for a physical injury.