Mental Health Tings:
Documenting Experiences
with Mental Illness
& Neuro-Divergence
Getting Professional Help: A How-to Guide
Finding professional help can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Update: Why I’m Still Not Cancelling 2020
There is still so much purpose that I can live out in the midst of this chaos. Despite everything, and there is so much to be encompassed in EVERYTHING, 2020 has still been the best year of my life since 2012.
Pros and Cons to Mental Illness Medication
One of the first things you’re told when you’re diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder is that you will have to be on medication for the rest of your life. When I heard that I was distraught. It’s a hard pill to swallow, pun intended, and I even bawled my eyes out the first time to do so come. The nurse on duty at the psychiatric hospital I was staying in was very kind and understanding. She told me not to be ashamed. She asked me if I judged people with cancer for having to get chemotherapy and assured me that there was no difference between the two. I would come to hear similar sentiments echoed in the following months.