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 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 a former mental health worker who now resides on the other side of the wall with four concurrent disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic features, C-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I have been battling mental illness for the majority of my life and through my blog I am trying to increase awareness, promote...
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.
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...
My name is Christine. I have been living with several mental illnesses since childhood. Over the years I have been taught numerous coping methods and techniques. It is my hope that in sharing my stories (along with what I've learned and continue to learn) that others can benefit from them as well.
I have been familiar with bipolar disorder from an early age, as my mother has the disorder, too. We lost my sister to bipolar disorder on April 15, 2005. I am married to a man who also has the disorder, so I know it from both a survivor and a supporter's point of view. I live in Tennessee and have 3 grown sons. I love to write and to use my writing to help other people with bipolar...
I am a socially conscious, feminist, 33-year old, with a dry sense of humor, and a compassionate soul. I started my blog about my life with Schizophrenia long ago when I was in the middle of psychosis and not on any medication for it. Now, I have been receiving proper medical treatment for this biological illness for a few years, and I am doing much better. I keep up the blog to share...
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...
