I am mentally ill. It took me a very long time to get comfortable saying that, and I still have a minor issue with revealing my mental health conditions to the unacquainted, because of the stigma that mental illness still carries.
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Every person who has never dealt with a mental illness has probably made at least one ignorant suggestion in a concerned moment. It doesn’t take long for people with depression to start hearing the train of banal platitudes about how exercise, social engagements, and healthy food can help them “beat” their diagnosis.
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I’M SEVEN MINUTES LATE to my therapy appointment. Again. This makes it the second time in a row that I’ve been late, and I spend…
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IN THE WORLD OF INTERNET SENSATIONALISM, website xoJane has carved out a niche with its gross-out stories and shocking personal essays from young women. It’s a…
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