dissociative amnesia is considered a mental illness. for me, I consider it a blessing. For without dissociating sexual trauma, I would have lost my mind. For the very people who were my protectors abused me over many years at an age before I knew my full name, much less how to spell it. for overContinue reading “Escaping My Story”
Category Archives: mental illness
Sliding down
Please check out the artist behind the drawing with the link, below. This image captures the pain that was growing before I saw her drawing…powerful timing! Sliding down Like dew off of a leaf Collecting Pooling Condensing. The tears she weeps. ~~ The pain within grows, Feeling it to her toes, Gripping her head, RippingContinue reading “Sliding down”
Small Towns & Big Cities
It is said that there are six degrees of separation between each person on Earth. I imagine this number is reduced as the geographic area focuses in. Yesterday, I met a woman with the same last name as my grandmother’s birth family; an unusual name. Of course I asked her more questions, and her husband’sContinue reading “Small Towns & Big Cities”
Team RWB: Supporting Active-Duty & Veterans
Recently I read this powerful post about how the Suicide rate for service members is 5 times higher than the KIA (killed in action) rate. It motivated me to get off my duff and write about this very special group called Team RWB (red, white & blue). Being born and raised in an area peppered by more militaryContinue reading “Team RWB: Supporting Active-Duty & Veterans”
Reblog: Mental illness thru photographs
From The Feathered Sleep, please like and post to her! It’s Not All In Your Head. Consumed: Mental Illness Through Photography (January Update) – http://wp.me/p5HZVU-ki As you know, I keep this site mostly for my work, but this is too important not to share. Those who are mentally ill are made more so by theContinue reading “Reblog: Mental illness thru photographs”
Unraveling the Stigma: Bipolar Disorder
this post might just hurt the most. unraveling the truth from the perception is causing me quite a bit of misconception and even more fear of the repercussions. i can no longer deny my dna, it came up just the other day. knowing the oddity, when i recognized the new pattern, my new habits ofContinue reading “Unraveling the Stigma: Bipolar Disorder”
