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Not My Last Advocate Post
This is far from my last advocate post. I haven’t even gotten started. In My Last Advocate Post, Susan Zarit of Bravely Bipolar makes the case that we who live with mental illness must organize and speak up. I strongly agree with her concluding points and have added details of my own based on my experience. We lack psychiatrists…
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To conceive or not to conceive – Is that really a valid question?
Thank you, Edel Williams of Placid’s Place for this blog post. When I was pregnant with my son, I was under treatment for depression, but was not yet diagnosed bipolar type II. That diagnosis I received when he was two. We ended up deciding not to have more children, not because we feared passing on…
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Thank You NAMI Walks Donors
Thank you to my wonderful generous NAMI Walks donors, all of whom I know and love: my friend Jonathan, my friend Kathleen, my sister Tracey and her husband Joseph, my parents, my Uncle Larry, and Dyane Harwood. There is still time to donate to NAMI. As you may recall from my previous post, I am participating…
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You’ve Got This!
Healthline launched a video campaign called “You’ve Got This” where we who live with bipolar disorder can make a short video offering hope and inspiration to those recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Check out videos from the campaign: http://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder/youve-got-this Healthline donates $10 for every submitted video to To Write Love On Her Arms. The more exposure the campaign gets, the more videos…
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Beautiful Blogger Award
Thank you so much, Just Plain Ol’ Vic at justplainolvic.wordpress.com, for nominating me for the Beautiful Blogger Award. Just Plain Ol’ Vic started blogging for support regarding his wife’s bipolar disorder. Spouses and families of those of us with mental illness need support, too. In the US resources include NAMI Family-to-Family which is an educational course for family, caregivers and friends of individuals living with…
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NAMI Week Four
Today was week four of NAMI Peer-to-Peer classes. In week four, we shared our personal stories. I am taking the opportunity to copy and paste my story here: My Story As a freshman at UCLA, I fell into a deep depression, believing that my parents, my sister, the whole world would be better off without…