I believe in standing up to stigma by writing my way through living with a mental illness. I Advocate for a World Without Suicide. I never believed suicidal thoughts were truly a real thing until I experienced them myself. To me, it was unbelievable for someone to want to take their own life. It seemed so horrid, so severe, so final. God says how much time we get, not us. Until it happened to me.

Sunday, January 22, 2017. Reply To One of My Readers. To the parent with the 26 year old daughter,.

No longer in the city, but still mentally interesting. Monday, December 12, 2016. My complaint with the universe. I got off of disability, and started working as an occupational therapist, just a little over 13 years ago. When I started working it was hard, really hard. But it was exciting, too, to be working and self-supporting and feeling like I was making a difference. And I thought that it would get easier as time went by. Sunday, November 27, 2016.

Artists with Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder. Bipolar Type, Schizophrenia and Mental Illness. Depression and mania causes confusion and distortions of reality. Because of the many negative effects bipolar disorder has on an individual and the stress an individual feels caused by cycling through mania and depression he or she may resort to risky behaviors, self medication or suicide to end their suffering. According to the National Institute for Mental Health.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Dr Shipman at 3 in the afternoon. Monday, October 16, 2006. A queue for the box in hell. Accidentally falling from a sky scaper. St paul decapitated with an axe.