Homeless Mentally Ill - People

i live on a tiny tropical island in the middle of the pacific ocean called Kauai. i moved here in 1998 to continue pursuing what would end up being a 9 year managing career starting at theaters along the blustery I-90; dating back to my freezing teens and twenty something college days.since no spectacular melt-down happened at the turn of 2000 i created my own by entering into a grueling process...

Hi! I'm disabled but staying positive constantly searching for ways to feel better and get my life back. I was a very successful Computer Programmer/Analyst before I started getting ill in 1995. I gave up working in 2000 and just was approved for disability in 2009. It was a long hard road. I was homeless before finally getting approved and have lived in some very undesirable situations...

I am the homeschooling mother of six children and the editor of Organically Inclined, a blog dedicated to living and parenting simpler, greener, cheaper and wiser. I am also the author of 12 books including "Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America," published by Viking in 2005 and "A Fine Mess: Living and Parenting Simpler, Greener, Cheaper and Wiser," to be published...

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...

I am an above knee amputee caused by osteosarcoma 36 years ago in 1973. Three years later the cancer metastasized and 2/5 of my lungs had to be removed. A course of chemotherapy -- only just out in clinical use in 1976 -- is probably why I am still here today. I went on to get a PhD in computer science, to author 2 technical books, to found 6 high tech companies, to ride in the Pan-Masscahusetts...

Hello! My name is Melinda and I'm 20 years old. I enjoy being outside and keeping myself busy. I can't sit around and do nothing. I have to be busy. I'm engaged to my wonderful fiance' and we have been together for four years. We plan on getting married sometime next year. I like watching NASCAR and I cheer for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. I'm a big animal lover and if I could I would take in all the...

F.J. and Catherine Abaya are internationally-known Ballroom Champions. They have enjoyed a successful career in competitive dancing, quickly climbing the ranks in the American Rhythm category of Ballroom Dancing. In their first year together, they became United States American Rhythm Rising Star Finalists and United States Open Semi-finalists. At the pinnacle of their career they were ranked 7th...

I've lived with mental illness for most of my life. It started out as Depression in my teens, and then by the time I was 20 I started having symptoms of Schizophrenia. I went untreated until I was 20. Some of the emotional pain from my childhood is still with me. This blog is about my life with mental illness and the many challenges I face with it.

I'm a wife and mother, who married a man who had a good job, one who was very responsible, my soul mate. But a few years ago, he began sliding into the world of mental illness (bipolar) and it's been a learning experience, to say the least! My blog was started because I found that there really weren't a lot of blogs by spouses/caregivers of mentally ill people. I don't know much, and make a...

I enjoy playing online scrabble, blogging, and volunteering. I plan to study business and marketing in college and to get my degree within the next couple of years. I have schizophrenia, however, I do not let it hinder my goals. I am interested in mental illness awareness, and more specifically, schizophrenia.