February 2012
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“Many people need desperately to receive this...
Kurt Vonnegut
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Anxious Anxiety: Mental Illness Myths & Facts →
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1. Myth: Mental illness is rare. Fact: 1 in 4 people experience a mental illness in a given year.
2. Myth: Someone like me won’t ever develop a mental illness. Fact: While some mental illnesses do have a strong genetic component, mental illness does not discriminate. No one is completely immune.
3. Myth: Mentally ill people are violent. Fact: Mentally ill people are no more...
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to everyone fighting
I’m sorry that I’ve been sporadic in updating. I’ve had a shift in my treatment in the last two weeks and have been adjusting to meet the new demands for recovery in my life. All in all, however, I’m doing well. As I type this, I’m drinking a mocha latte — something that I had completely cast out of my life for so long. The fact that I can enjoy a mocha now with...
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The Diet Mentality
One of the hardest things about coming to terms with healthy eating and recovery is coping with your new knowledge of health in a wider world where people are honestly clueless about how to feed themselves and what is normal eating. I’m currently sitting in a cafe, drinking a mocha (which I’m giving my body because I’m hungry and craving sugar and, most importantly, I like...
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You don’t have a soul.
You are a soul.
You have a body.
– C.S. Lewis (via lament-for-the-past)
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staystrongbeauty:
Being open is the first step to recovery and getting the help you need!
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Today was my last day of intensive treatment, and I’m both nervous and exhilarated. I find it daunting to think that my own personal struggle toward recovery is still so new, but to know that I have already made so much progress is empowering. My close friend, whom I met through treatment, gave me a poem she found. I hate to be sentimental, but sometimes gentle words are also true,...
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asimpleseastar asked: this blog is fantastic. THANK YOU. :]
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lightweightperfection asked: I am so glad I just stumbled across your blog. It is AMAZING! Thank you so much for your kind words of wisdom and motivation :)
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