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What’s the Truth? NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 8

Ok – I’m back on the WEGO Health prompts today! Today’s topic is Three Truths and One Lie: Tell us 3 things that are true about you, your condition, your Health Activism, or your life. Now tell us 1 lie. Do you think we will be able to tell the difference? Let’s see! Mental illness runs…

November 8, 2011
Every Day, I Think About Kelly

November 7, 2011
Stigma and Sophie’s Choice Part 2 – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 7

Continuing from yesterday, I do think mental illness has a caste system. The disorders that are seen as less scary or less threatening to anyone but the person suffering are at the top. The farther down the scale you go, the more misunderstood the illnesses become. They culminate at the bottom of the list with…

November 7, 2011
Stigma and Sophie’s Choice – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 6

I watched Sophie’s Choice the other day. It’s an amazing movie of a tragic and painful story and while I admire the film it’s one of those I have to steel myself up to watch because the story and subject matter, World War II and the Nazi concentration camps. But the other side of the…

November 6, 2011
Completely Random Commentary on a Saturday Night

There are but a handful of films that move me so much my heart swells and my soul burts every time I see them. Tonight, I’m watching one of them; this one.

November 6, 2011
Come On, Choose! – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 5

If I had a genie, or a leprechaun, or some other mythical creature who’s sole point of existing was to grant wishes, there are a ton of wishes I would unload on him. Oh who am I kidding. I’d lock that little beast in the dog kennel, I have so many wishes. None of that three-and-out…

November 5, 2011
Wordless Friday – Just Pictures. NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 4

Instead of writing about mental illness today, I thought I’d share some pictures of Tim with you. Here we are, taking him home from the hospital, just 12 hours old. Man, we were YOUNG! Look at that puffy, red boy, with all that wild hair! He got cute, fast. He was (is) a charmer, but…

November 4, 2011
Dear 18 Year Old Me – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 3

Dear 18 year old Chrisa: Man, you have NO idea what you’re getting yourself in to. Raising kids sounded so easy. I mean, how hard can it be? You feed them, clothe them, love them, take them interesting places, teach them the things they need to know in order to grow up healthy and happy,…

November 4, 2011
Commuting, Caffeine Deficiency, and Group Hugs – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 2

This morning’s NHBPM prompt isn’t motivating me this morning. It was to imagine my life is a TV show, and what would it be about. I could pretty much cut and paste yesterday’s post and fulfill that prompt, so instead, I’m figured I’d just spew out what was rattling around in my head as I…

November 2, 2011
NaBloPoMo / NHBPM Day 1: Duh…

Since I’m also attempting NaNoWriMo this month, today’s blogging prompt is very appropriate. What is the title and synopsis of a book about your life? The title of my book would have to be the same as the title, and subject, for that matter, of my blog. The Mindstorm: Raising a Mentally Ill Child. My…

November 1, 2011

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