Interrogate Yourself
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It takes a great deal of work to go from: “I suffer under the weight of my illness,” to: “I live with my illness”.
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The Most Dangerous Four-Letter Word
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I operated with the incorrect assumption that my life was worth living only if I accomplished certain things, at certain times, in certain ways.
Read MoreThe Optimism Bias
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Rose-colored glasses never quite fit comfortably over my eyes because I am always aware of the world beyond the pleasant tint.
Read MoreSleeping Where I Almost Died
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I feel deeply content sleeping just a few feet from where I tried to hang myself.
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Read MoreJoyful Intention
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Approach the unknown with joyful intention, and discomfort can be endured with grace.
Read MoreComplex Simplicity
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Poetry continues to be the best way in which I can feel the world and my place in it. It has gotten me through some of the worst my depression and anxiety could offer, and, I feel, it can provide those that do not live with mental illness far more than an analytical understanding of the disease.
Read MoreSelf-Talk Part 2: Trends
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It is immensely valuable to regularly remind yourself that you feel better when you do things that take care of you.
Read MoreMemento Mori Coin
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Carrying a small object that implores me to STOP and pay attention to what is happening at this moment, and to remember that this moment could be my last.
Read MoreWhy Momo is Frightening
/Why does looking at Momo, really a sculpture titled “Mother Bird,” convey such fear? Simple, we evolved to be intensely disturbed by features that indicate physical sickness and starvation.
Read MoreDrawn Too Tight
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Life will drag you backward, forward, and sideways but you always have the option of lessening the tension on yourself.
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