I am an educator, writer, author, speaker and mental health advocate. My goals are to be loving, educate, encourage, empower those affected by mental illness, abolish mental illness myths & misunderstandings, eradicate stigma surrounding diseases of the brain,write creatively, speak provocatively, live passionately, and inspire hope. In addition to managing my own website, I regularly...
The bipolar disorder diagnosis at the age of 23 was a relief to know I was not simply a bad person and there was a reason for the way I have felt. Yet I have been struggling to cope and understand this disorder... what does it mean? How do the brain imbalances affect my behavior and moods? Why do I rapid cycle? Why do I get obsessive thoughts? Is there a link between mania and memory? Is there...
Humor Is Healthy! This has been our motto right from the begining of my website and blog. Hello, I'm Chato and I draw cartoons about mental health, we focus on both education others about the many disorder with cartoons about mental health. Come by the site and check out the cartoones and feel free to repost them on you own wepsites or blog. (cc non-profit and personal use only)
I am a woman with a story, a voice, and a commitment. I am dedicated to helping others in the best way I know how: my writing. Writing helped me on my way to recovery and I have a sincere passion to be, at the very least, an understanding voice amid the pain of eating disorders and all that they bring. I've never been happier, so I know that health--mental, physical, and emotional--is possible....
Hopeworks Community is a multi-faceted site that covers many aspects of bipolar disorder as well as other mental health issues. Included are bipolar, recovery, support, suicide prevention, advocacy, depression stigma and others. Hopeworks Community has been featured on many other sites including "Beyond Blue", Psychcentral, Huffington Post, Bipolarcentral, as well as many others. We also...
After nearly a decade of anorexia, I'm learning how to love, laugh, and live again. And in no particular order, I'm also mom to a wonderful rescue cat, a science/medical writer, a jewelry designer, a pretty decent cook, a lover of coffee and hater of mornings, and a geek extraordinaire.
I consider myself a former purging-type anoretic but don't see myself as recovered. Recovering? Yeah, probably, but sometimes I wonder. It's a tough road. It's even tougher knowing where you stand.
I came up with the idea for Disordered Times by looking at other blogs out there and realizing that they (roughly) fit into two categories: written by people in recovery or written by the pro-ana...
My head is fun. It can do tricks! In fact, it plays them on me all the time! This is because I have four diagnoses or "issues" with it: Bipolar, ADD (Inattentive Type), Seizures and Migraines.
Sounds pretty fun, right? You should see my drug cocktail. It's pretty groovy too.
I welcome any questions...definitely about all of this "head stuff!" I'm a total geek for the meds,...
