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Guest Blogger Rachel Potts: How she uses words to cope with mental illness
I have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and an anxiety disorder. I have a long history of self-harm and suicidal tendencies. I am a survivor of domestic abuse. But more important than that, my name is Rachel. Wife to a supportive husband and mother to a beautiful toddler. I like painting watercolors because I find […]
Guest Blogger: Diving Into My Bipolar 1 Diagnosis
Sarah writes… My experiences with Bipolar or Manic Depressive Disorder have created a passion which has led to service. The courage it takes to be brought through recovery out into the open road of functioning daily in my life has left me with a storehouse of compassion. While I have only begun to step into […]
Local Author (and trailblazer) Theresa Larsen: Speak Out to Eliminate the Stigma
Speak Out to Eliminate the Stigma of Mental Illness By: Theresa Larsen, author of “Cutting the Soul” The first time I experienced stigma relating to mental illness was in an airport on the way to visit my son who was residing in a psychiatric facility with severe depression and psychosis. The woman at the airport […]
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