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Danny of Dream Big, Dream Often couldn't have picked a better question for me to reblog as I am focusing on mental health for Bell Let's Talk Day next week! I have closed comments so please post your answers on Danny's blog! Lydia!
Julie Ryan is not only a well read and respected blogger, she is also the brains behind Chronic Illness Bloggers Network. Today I am featuring a paper she wrote for an Experimental Psychology class on stigma. You can see the original post or check her website Counting My Spoons. Lydia! The Stigma of Mental Illness By …
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When I was diagnosed with depression, bipolar, and other mental conditions in my 30's (late 80's - early 90's), I felt ostracized in every part of my life. My family was clearly embarrassed. My parents and older sister only saw my diagnoses and not me. To them, we were one in the same. Maybe at …
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