Tag: Mental Health

  • Depression: You’re doing it Wrong

    Depression: You’re doing it Wrong

    Yesterday I addressed the ignorance and stigma surrounding any kind of Mental Illness in my blog post 3 Ways to Help/Harm Someone with Mental Illness. We spent a good amount of time addressing some of the mainstream issues that often tag along with the stigma, such as: How can we best help those who deal with…

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  • 3 Ways to Help/Harm Someone with Mental Illness

    3 Ways to Help/Harm Someone with Mental Illness

    As an individual who has struggled (and still struggles) through major bouts of depression and anxiety, I can say that there is one issue with Mental Health that always needs to be addressed. That issue just so happens to Mental Health Awareness/Education. I believe that Mental Health is a polarizing topic that divides people into…

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  • To Whom it May Concern,

    To Whom it May Concern,

    Dear anonymous,   Today is the 17th day of January, this year of 2016. I awoke after a hard night’s rest. The demons fought harder than ever before. Ironically, I was sung to sleep by the sweet melody of assured peace but I only found a struggle. The evening tossed my body to and fro…

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  • A Ghost in these Woods

    A Ghost in these Woods

    Somethin’s different I feel it breathing down my neck The trees loom ever closer  They bury me with their roots The evening sun is drowning Somethin’ fast approaches I feel it coursing through my veins Painful reminders of what used to be It clouds the present hope of tomorrow I don’t want to feel like…

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  • An Anniversary of Sorts…

    An Anniversary of Sorts…

    January 3rd, 2015 was a day I remember well. I sat down at my desk with a new blog to be developed, and wrote what was on my heart. One year later I find myself a different person with the same passion: Writing what’s on my heart. I didn’t quite know what I was going…

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