Tag: illness
group name: survivorsforum
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May 29, 2006 10:57 PM EDT --
In two days it will be my husband's last day at his job. He handed in his resignation a month ago during the middle of a manic episode. We had just found out that our home's foundation . . . more
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April 05, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
From a man who cannot see
A screwdriver or a key
A hammer or a saw
a wrench or pliers,
He would have to be a liar
If he should say he safely could light the . . . more
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July 30, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
I have a theory that to be a truly good writer, you have to have at least a little mental illness: it allows writers to see all the spectrums we write about. Now, I am not saying that all writers . . . more
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October 29, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
It can be very difficult to live with the stigma of mental health. Just the stigma alone can cause more anxiety for someone with mental heath problems. Mental Health is getting more positive . . . more
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July 08, 2006 11:29 AM EDT --
I came to a realization recently that truly startled me. The more I surround myself with "crazy" people, the more at home I feel. And the more I think about it, which people are truly . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
sometimes,
in passages of
dense fog
excruciating pain
. . . more
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April 28, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Memories
Feelings
Racing through my mind
What is real and what is not
Shhh
That noise
What was it
Did you hear it
My throat begins to constrict
I struggle to breathe
The shadows . . . more
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April 26, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
*Please don't take this as a need for self pity
I need to get this off my chest so proceed with caution*
I have a mental illness
Or two
Or three
It depends on whose . . . more
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July 26, 2006 03:45 PM EDT --
I just got word that a friend has been diagnosed with both liver and lung cancer and the prognosis is not good for her. After worrying about her for a couple of days, I wrote her this poem. . . . more
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May 10, 2006 01:32 PM EDT --
I get a lot of comments on my poetry and prose from people wondering why in one poem I seem so happy, and in another I seem like I am in despair. And that's because my life is that way. . . . more
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May 08, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
i have been told that i don't look sick. in the disability community, sometimes that is termed "passing" - as in trying to pass as an able bodied person. it isn't my fault, per se. i . . . more
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March 14, 2006 06:35 PM EST --
Memories
Feelings
Racing through my mind
What is real and what is not
Shhh
That noise
What was it
Did you hear it
My throat begins to constrict
I struggle to breathe
The shadows . . . more
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September 17, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Sorrow
Thought I'd left that anguish behind
when forgiveness finally
flooded through the resentment
I do not wish ill
and I have forgiven
Thought it could not hurt anymore
Love had left no room . . . more
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May 25, 2006 11:53 PM EDT --
"You look healthy," she said to me. She squinted, cocked her head, and looked me up and down. "You looked so thin...ghostly. But you look healthier now."
This comment . . . more
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July 21, 2006 03:09 PM EDT --
Graves Disease is a rare autoimmune disorder that affects only 2% of our population. The causes of Graves are as little understood as the rest of the autoimmune diseases. It is a disorder of the . . . more
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January 17, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
I sit on the edge of my bed in my dorm room, staring at the drawer where I keep my toiletries and medicine. I imagine what I can use from that drawer to kill myself. Tears stream down my cheeks as . . . more
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May 18, 2006 08:09 PM EDT --
I would like to present to you the love of my life, Michael. He is just beginning his journey on "Gather," and is now getting some free time to explore the site, so I thought this would . . . more
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May 11, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
It isn't easy loving someone who has mental health issues. I know. I've done it for the past twenty eight years. I didn't know at first. After all, love is blind to . . . more
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July 29, 2007 10:32 PM EDT --
Life is good. That is the feeling I have finally come to, after a long battle to get over my divorce. I am so excited about the future. My most exciting event is quickly approaching - . . . more
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May 01, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
What are we about?
Why do you scream and shout?
How can I stop you from your
rapid descent into a place that
is so foreign to me?
I want to reach out
And pull you out
From this place where . . . more
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