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Your Story Is Important, Too

*Disclaimer: I feel very passionate about being 100% real and honest on my blog. That means I will sometimes be sharing personal experiences that might be a trigger for some of you reading it. Please be aware of that before reading the below post (and any posts on my blog). Sometimes, I sit down to […]

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Sometimes, I Forget That I Still Have a Disease

My mental health is improving. Yes. I’m better than I was but sometimes I forget that I still have a disease. Despite the fact that it was only October that I wrote about The Ups and Downs of Having a Mental Illness and I talked about KNOWING this is a battle I will face all […]

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A Personal Story About Medication and Mental Health

I have been on and off anti-depressants since I was 13. In high school, I got tired of having to take a medication everyday and I wasn’t mature enough to understand the need for it. I thought I was okay enough without it and weaned myself off my medication. I’ve been on 4 different kinds […]

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