Category Archives: Like a Bird

The Real Faces of Mental Illness: Jen and Asperger’s

The Real Faces of Mental Illness is a monthly interview series from real people sharing their personal stories and experiences. I want to show people what it’s really like to have a mental illness and not hide behind medical terms and symptoms. I want to share what it’s like to live with these diseases, on […]

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Don’t Forget To Look For the Positives In All Situations

There have been many instances in my life that, after the dust settled and things calmed down I was able to see with a clear mind that good things came out of what I first say as a purely negative situation. I don’t know if I believe the saying “everything happens for a reason” but […]

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Super Excited and Ridiculously Overwhelmed

Part of me is super excited. The rest of my is ridiculously overwhelmed. I am content. Then frustrated and angry. I am hopeful. Then anxious and sad. I am making goals and taking action but suddenly it’s becoming too much because I’m lacking the vital support I need to do this. This post is part […]

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