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It’s not a secret that I hate my body. I hate everything about it…except for my dazzling smile. It’s also not a secret that my body...
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Mental Health Moments
Teaching and supporting people with mental illnesses and their loved ones
tempbcba
Sep 1, 20233 min read
I Don't Do Mad
Life has been pretty hard the past few months. My moods have been strangling me more and more, and it’s getting more and more difficult...
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tempbcba
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Back to the Working World!
Today I started a new job. I haven’t had a structured job in over two years, and while it is very exciting, it is very intimidating, too....
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tempbcba
Aug 17, 20233 min read
All You Need Is Love
I am such a loving person. My family jokes that I have ALL the love languages…but giving presents is my favorite! I meet you once, and...
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tempbcba
Aug 2, 20233 min read
THAT is OCD
When people ask me why I am on this journey, I often say to encourage, educate and make change. Educating has been a huge part of my...
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tempbcba
Jul 26, 20232 min read
The End of a Decade!
Today I leave my thirties and enter my forties. It’s exciting, that’s for sure, especially for a numbers person like me, but I thought I...
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tempbcba
Jul 9, 20232 min read
"Once begun is half done..."
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King, Jr. I'm not going to lie, the last week has been...
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tempbcba
Jul 5, 20233 min read
Sometimes you just can't.
Wow, it is so much harder to ask for help than it is to give help! For almost a year, I have been writing, reading, drawing, researching,...
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tempbcba
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Big Girls Don't Cry...Wait, What?! Yes They Do!
It can be quite confusing When your aunt has a mental illness She might be loud and crazy Or overwhelmed by the stillness Sometimes when...
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tempbcba
Jun 25, 20235 min read
Thank you for being a friend <3
“A friend is someone who helps you up when you’re down, and if they can’t, they lay down beside you and listen,” ~Winnie the Pooh (A.A....
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tempbcba
Jun 18, 20231 min read
"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad."
**Warning: It has been 28 years since my dad died, and some days my grief is still raw. If you have recently lost someone you love,...
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tempbcba
Jun 11, 20233 min read
Progress is not Linear
Sometimes I forget that progress is not linear. I think that once I take a few steps forward I have moved out of the darkness and will...
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tempbcba
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Celebrate the Good Times...And the Not So Good
Life shouldn’t just Be lived… It should be Celebrated -Osho The last twenty years have been a pretty much constant roller coaster – up...
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tempbcba
May 28, 20231 min read
And So It Begins...
Some how, I’m still alive. There have been so many times, more than I can even count, that I wanted to die. That I wanted to give up. ...
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tempbcba
May 27, 20232 min read
I've Got the Music In Me
When I did ECT my memories were erased Everything was new, each situation I faced But then, over time, they started to come back I...
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tempbcba
May 20, 20232 min read
Not so perfect...
I went to school, learned something new And tried to follow every rule I studied my vocabulary Had some fun with Bob and Larry And so...
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tempbcba
May 13, 20232 min read
You'll Never Walk Alone
You’ll Never Walk Alone The first time I heard this song was on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. It was when I was very young, and I knew that...
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tempbcba
May 6, 20233 min read
Let me be brave in the attempt!
Let me win, But if I can't win, let me be brave in the attempt. Have you ever heard that Mantra? It's the message of Special Olympics. ...
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tempbcba
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Slimy Poem
Dirty things are rough for sure And exposure is the only cure But I don't want to touch what’s slimy It makes me feel all gross and grimy...
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tempbcba
Apr 22, 20232 min read
The end....or the beginning
A few days ago we went to my niece's first grade concert. It was absolutely darling, but the piano music was prerecorded and despite the...
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