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...
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...
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...
My wife has a mental illness. She was hospitalized for close to one month with acute psychosis. Her diagnosis (still not solidified) is major depression with psychotic features. This blindsided us. This blindsided me. My world flipped upside down.
“Sonya” refers to the name I gave my wife when she was at her most delusional, because she reminded me of the Dostoeskvy...
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...
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 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...
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...
I am a stay at home mom of 4 with three still homeschooling. We live in a quiet rural neighborhood in North Carolina, a nice change of pace from the busy streets of Southern California.
I work as a freelance as I work towards my personal goals of working from home on my own personal website TheAllergySpot.com.
I have a real passion for homeless animals, working closely with a NC...
