Bipolar is such a liar! It says things that are not true, but they feel real and it’s hard not to get caught up by the thoughts that we KNOW are unrealistic—they feel so real it’s hard to fight the words and feelings that are…
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Lower Back Pain
Low back pain that doesn’t go away or keeps returning can really affect your life. One thing you can then do is look for ways to cope better with the pain instead of constantly fighting it or desperately trying out every treatment you come across.…
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Stop Using Mental Illness as an Insult
It is deeply offensive to see this tactic repeatedly used to insult people. Anyone who genuinely has a mental illness of any sort who reads it feels diminished as a person even if it wasn’t directed at them nor references their particular illness. It reinforces prejudice…
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What It’s Like to Work with Chronic Illness
It’s 6 AM and your alarm is going off. You hit the snooze button, hoping for a few more minutes of sleep before you drag yourself out of bed. This is a morning routine most people are familiar with. But for workers with chronic illness,…
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100 Things That Makes Me Happy
Oftentimes I find myself dwelling on the negatives. I always think that for some reason a lot of us usually focus on things that stress us out or make us anxious, a lot more than we focus on things that make us happy. Here are…
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Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
I’m tired. No, that’s not even the word. I’m fatigued, exhausted, drained. I’m tired in a way that can’t be fixed with a good night’s sleep. I’m tired of reintroducing myself and my mental illnesses. I’m tired of being asked, “How are you?” And not…