Fellow Sufferers

Click on the link here to read the stories of others who have suffered with mental illness of various kinds.

Deplete, Recharge

Convenience Everywhere!
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My husband is a master of analogies, and has helped me understand many a concept by verbalizing a picture I can see inside my head. He told me this one this morning:

Many people naturally assume that what a mentally ill person should do to get better is to push themselves, like a runner. Once through "the wall" things get better. Muscles get stronger by pushing them harder.

But mental illness does not work the way that running does. One does not push oneself to do uncomfortable things in order to become healthier. The mind does not work like a muscle.

The mind works more like a battery. The more it is depleted by over-working it, the longer it takes it to be recharged.

Island in the stream

Island in the stream
Originally uploaded by James Jordan

the telephone call

the telephone call
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I answered the phone today. A dear friend called, and I actually picked up.

I'm on my third anti-depressant in a year. Could this one be working?



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Words of Wisdom from Temple Grandin's Mother

I promise that in the future, to your surprise, your dreams will have changed, and changed you.

I know that is not what you want.

What you want is a real talisman, a magic something . . .

There was no magic, there was just doing the best I could. That's the point, that's the talisman.

And never letting go of hope.

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Love Heals

Click here for one mother's story about a moment of healing love.

Nature Heals (A Lovely Video)

Nature from AlexeiP on Vimeo.

If at First You Don't Succeed . . .

If at first you don't succeed...
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This is where I am.

The picture above is where I hope I am headed.

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The Sun Comes

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