*Trigger Warning* Seventeen years and however many months, I sat across from the very together, all business woman shrink, who handed me a ‘life sentence.’ I looked…
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I never thought I would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness, not in my worst nightmares or wildest dreams. I never thought I would…
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I am honored to be included on Stigma Fighters. No matter who we are, we cannot face Mental Illness alone. Sarah Fader and Stigma Fighters are doing important work sharing,…
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As I sat across from my mother and really looked at her face and tiny frame, I saw her age, frailty and worry lines for…
2 CommentsHow much money and greed is worth even one life? Shame on you, politicians for not having the decency and moral conscience to fight for…
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The Unwilling Participant Some idiot had the bright idea to hang a birdcage outside a locked window on a mental ward. It hung from metal…
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She and I were star stuff symbiotic, dear, precious friends, old lovers who finished each other’s sentences. – Jacqueline Cioffa “Her salt mine seas…
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The Coolest Thing About Me I have arrived at the supposed highway, halfway mark. That’s a median guess based on statistics, there are no guarantees.…
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I didn’t start out like this. I was a goddess, a fearless warrior eager for the unchartered. I was happy at birth, an easy smiley…
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Forever Betrothed To The Night By Jacqueline Cioffa The rotten apple bobs atop the pond scum drowning and dunking under the sweet, brown silence of…
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