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I Weighed 170 pounds and Thought I Looked Good. Side Effects Made Me Gain Ninety Freaking Pounds!
The Harsh Reality of Losing Friends When You Live With a Serious Mental Illness
How I Went From Normal To Insane, and How I Had To Learn It Isn't All About Me
As Father's Day Approaches, Maybe it is Time to Rethink What You Think of Your Father
Crisis Situations or Nervous Breakdowns: What Can I do to Help My Loved One Navigate the Chaos?
The Things My Father Did Right, and the Few Things He May Have Done Wrong--But Both Out Of Love
The Summer I Turned Crazy by Leif Gregersen
Podcast Interview That Makes Me Look Bad Enough To Put Down Mike Tyson and Rocky Balboa
Mental Illness, Psychosis, Depression, and Working. It Isn't As Impossible As It Seems
Mania: Why I Thought I Was Faster Than Usain Bolt and His Eight Olympic Gold Medals
What Has Changed; How I Have Changed. How Serious Mental Illness Affects Us All
Live With a Serious Mental Illness? The One Thing You Can't Afford is Complacency!
When Your Serious Mental Illness Tells You To Take a Break, Listen!
Moodswings and the Bite of Anxiety
Don't Believe the Lie That Your Mental Illness will Doom You to Poverty and Mediocrity
Disabled by a Serious Mental Illness and on Benefits? Here are Some Suggestions
Legal, Illegal, Over the Counter and Prescription Drugs I Have Experienced
Psychiatric Illness is Not All Bad, But it Can Seem That Way Sometimes
Adjusting and Recovering: How a Psychiatric Ward Can Mess You Up
Finding Comfort Despite a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Listen People, It's Not a Death Sentence!
Six Ways Writing Can Benefit Your Mental Health, In or Out of a Psychiatric Hospital
Be Mindful of Mental Health Concerns Such as Depression or Psychosis in Your Adolescent
Psychiatrists I Have Known, and What I Feel Motivates Them
A Different View of Police Mental Health Crisis Response
April 7 "Ask the Doctor" Event
How Someone With a Severe Mental Illness Can Write a Memoir or Essay and Find Healing and Redemption
Some of the Things That I Did Wrong Regarding My Mental Illness
Recovering From a Serious Mental Illness Requires a Multi-Faceted Approach
How Important Is Staying On Your Psychiatric Medications?
Someone You Care About Has a Mental Illness. A Full Life With Some Assistance is Totally Possible
Gather With Me My American Cousins Who Are Living With a Mental Health Disability
When Difficult People Don't Consider You To Be Ill Despite a Mental Health Diagnosis
Living With Addiction and Schizoaffective Disorder
Dealing With Life on a Psychiatric Ward
The Psychotic Break: How To Improve Your Chances of Surviving Schizophrenia or Bipolar
Information Regarding Cost of Psychiatric Medication For Friends in the United States
Medications and Sleep: Why the Right Amount Is So Essential For Mental Health
A 29 min. Podcast For Caregivers of Those With Mental Illness
An Audio Podcast (24 Minutes): Nine Questions Most Often Asked By Caregivers About Mental Illness
Marshall Matt Dillon and Gunsmoke, My Favourite Positive Propaganda Re-Runs
Award Nominated Essay: "It's No Longer a Mental Hospital"
A Thirty-Two minute Video Podcast About Having a Loved One With Schizophrenia
For Those Who Love Off Beat Poetry
Homelessness, Mental Health and Addictions
Insomnia: One of the Worst Parts of Mental Illness
A Brief Look At My Recovery Journey
Finding Respite From Mental Illness Through a Million Little Things
Mental Health: You Only Get To Keep It By Giving It Away
Intersections of Madness and Poetry
A Little From Column A, a Little From Column B. It's All About the Little Things
Facing the Day, No Matter What It Holds
There is Good, Bad, and Even Ugly. But Despite This, Life is Beautiful
Well, My New Substack Account Seems to Be Growing. Time For a Welcome Blog!
It's the Small, Persistent Things That Really Wear Us Down. Learn to Direct Your Focus
We All Need A Little Companionship, Especially Those Isolated and Living With Mental Illness