Nicole Lyons Advance Review of The Red Bench “I have sat in my own madness and I have never once claimed it to be beautiful.…
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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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I Am Adam Lanza, Dec. 14, 2012 A decade ago I lived a frivolous, spoiled, privileged life. An International fashion model, I worked in more…
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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…
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When life throws shit at you, and most assuredly it will, remember this. I see you. You are stronger than you think. You are kinder,…
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It is after all, just a life. No bigger, no better. I have breathed more shades, more pain, more joy, more crazy, more fear, more…
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When they zapped my brain, I did not recognize the nurse who had been there all along. I recalled my mother’s face, worry lines and…
Leave a CommentTo never forget the page. The page carries me when I cannot stand, crouched in fetal position on the bathroom floor. The page dreams the…
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I am told the brain feels no pain, no pressure. That is only half-truth. I have experienced a different reality; never exposed to screaming silence…
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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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