As a woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I am not naive to the fact that people I dated struggle to see beyond the label that society has stamped on me, which is why I wrote this post. If you are dating a girl with a…
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Mental Actions That Will Make You Feel Physically Worse
When you live with chronic pain and fatigue, there are a lot of things that can make you feel worse. Over-doing it, crappy weather, stress. But, sometimes thoughts and mental actions can make you feel physically worse as well. Mental actions that can leave you…
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You’re Not Alone
Literally, figuratively, morally, & historically, YOU are NOT alone in whatever you are experiencing. No situation is new. Someone somewhere has undergone it whether at present or in the past. Your woes? Your complicated problems? Your anxiousness? Your depression? Someone somewhere has undergone it. That’s…
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For a woman, you’re very opinionated…
Well yes, I’m An Opinionated Woman & IDGAF about it! When you’re a woman with strong opinions, ironically, people seem to have a lot of opinions about you. In a world that seems instructed to train women to remain docile and submissive, empowering and strong-minded…
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Wounds That Time Won’t Heal
What is Child Trauma? “Child trauma” refers to a scary, dangerous, violent, or life-threatening event that happens to a child (0-18 years of age). This type of event may also happen to someone a child knows and is impacted as a result of seeing or…
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My Journey with Chronic Pain
I’ve been living with chronic pain for more than two decades. It began in 2002. I fell and hit my knee while playing basketball at school. I wore a leg brace for a month. That fall led to constant pain, back and hip pain, tingling…