Tag: mental illness
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January 06, 2009 05:10 PM EST --
Early one morning I drove into an empty parking lot to catch the first of a downtown sale.
I had exited the car when I first spotted her wheeling her burdened shopping cart furiously in my direction. . . .
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November 06, 2009 06:00 PM EST --
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009
filed under: kid health logic
"You're only as sick as your secrets."
Dr. Wendy Walsh : So goes one of the opening lines of . . .
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July 20, 2006 07:55 AM EDT --
My mother passed a few years ago, but when she was with us she carried a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The World Health Organization has termed schizophrenia as one of the top 10 most disabling . . .
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April 09, 2009 05:04 PM EDT --
The walls were thin. I could hear him ranting and raving, cursing the poor soul who fell victim to his verbal assault. Sometimes she would argue back in her high pitched terrified voice, . . .
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March 14, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
Matt is six. I'm babysitting him tonight, trying to give you some time to yourself. A little time alone, so maybe you can just sit, get quiet, close your eyes, take in some really deep breaths. . . .
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March 23, 2006 06:52 AM EST --
You're the cream in my coffee
I like my coffee black
You're the star on the big screen
The picture's fade to black
You're a kettle of hot tea
I like my tea on ice
You made your big decision . . .
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January 06, 2007 05:35 PM EST --
He called to tell me of his troubles. He is taking his medication but they don't seem to be working any more. He hates the disease. It is troubling to always feel as if he . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:59 PM EDT --
I have a theory that to be a truly good writer, you have to have at least a little mental illness: it allows writers to see all the spectrums we write about. Now, I am not saying that all writers . . .
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November 29, 2006 02:23 PM EST --
Most people don't have to live with mental illness. They carry on
with their normal lives. With the occasional depression over
the normal day to day stressful events, or a loss of a friend, family . . .
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July 17, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness.
When you're high it's tremendous.
The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent . . .
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July 29, 2007 06:26 AM EDT --
'You look so benign scattered in that box".
"Actually, I box you in, daily reminding you how scattered you are"
"I didn't come here to fight, I'm just saying pills . . .
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January 11, 2008 04:50 AM EST --
Chapter 1
Having a family member diagnosed with Schizophrenia is something you wouldn't wish on your . . .
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January 12, 2008 03:17 AM EST --
Today is my eldest Sister Julie Ann's Birthday. She passed away back in December of 2001. After all these years I still miss her. I feel her around me all the time. Julie was a sweet and gentle soul. . . .
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March 13, 2008 06:15 PM EDT --
No joke. A woman who stayed on the toilet for two years had literally grown into the seat. Her boyfriend thought it judious after two years to call for help. The woman didn't want . . .
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August 01, 2008 01:51 AM EDT --
This is a report I did when I was in college. I thought I would share it.
Borderline personality disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, . . .
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May 06, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
Come in; close the door.
Take off your shoes.
Walk tiptoe if you must.
See there, by the window she sits,
And stares at lost worlds.
Do not disturb or utter word.
She is lost to all and us.
The light . . .
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July 18, 2007 09:22 AM EDT --
Famished for morsels of focus
I feast on forgetfulness
Simple pleasures swallowed
By a glutton for grandiosity
I surfed the slopes of Saturn
Swung on a sliver of moon
Circled time . . .
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August 07, 2009 07:17 PM EDT --
I've been suffering from nightmares at least 3-4 nights a week since I became mentally ill. Unlike normal people, I don't wake up from a nightmare simply freaked out. I wake up hallucinating. It's terrifying. . . .
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July 08, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
I got this info off the web. Thought it might help someone.
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=54&ContentID=23050
Panic . . .
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September 28, 2007 04:08 AM EDT --
A Real Live Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
By Beverly T.
Several years ago I had volunteered to teach some classes for a group of homeschoolers in my area. They were called co-op classes, because . . .
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