No matter how far I’ve traveled, how many people of different circumstances, color, or beliefs I have met, I have never been able to fully…
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I used to believe anything was possible. Anything at all. At what precise moment did I ever forget to look up at the moon admiring…
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When dreaming of a beach One must be more specific There is beauty in ice sculptures, black rotten leaves, dark sand granules, and zebra mussel…
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*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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