I had my tonsils out at age 7. There's not one doctor that asks me about that; I don't have to explain it on medical histories, and no one gives me a funny look about "Missing organs I was born with." I also had my appendix out, my uterus and cervix too! Again - I find few medical professionals who are interested in this fact, except when I see a new OBGYN. I guess it helps to take the guess work out of searching for something that's not there.

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It wasn't until I began to heal that I realized how much Stigma I had encountered. Studying to become an Advocate for the Mentally Ill really opened my eyes. (Advocacy Unlimited in CT rocks!) I was used to doctors ignoring my complaints, saying it was all in my head (even though three of those times I ended up in the ER or surgery). And I had heard the line "All you need is a kick in the pants" enough times to believe it. My own mother told me I was too crazy to be loved and my husband t... Read More

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How many synapse are there in the human brain?

I don't know - I'm not a brain specialist. I had to get my dictionary out just to see how to spell the word. But isn't it a bit like asking how many stars are in the sky? 

Things die, things move, or get moved, outside elements effect it, external pressures make things explode, parts shine, other parts fade away, there are lots of things we can't explain.... Am I talking about the sky or the brain?  They are alo... Read More

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Sharing the daily challenges, adjustments and stages in the acceptance process when schizophrenia is diagnosed in your family.

my blog is at http://nocasserolesforschiz-au thor.blogspot.com/ - feel free to comment!

Family memoir, Ben Behind his Voices: One Family's journey from Chaos to Hope, represented by Claire Gerus Agency.  cgerus@comcast.net. my website www.randyekaye.com  watch for publication news!!

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My name is Sarah, I am 30 years old. I am bipolar and BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), but I don't let the "stigma" of that stop me. I tell EVERYONE I know about it. Not at first though. I tell them after they get to know me and when I do tell them they always say "But you seem so normal!" (All of my friends will gladly tell you I am oddly quirky, but not one of them would have ever fingered me for "acting" like what they thought a person with a "mental illness" would act like.) ... Read More

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