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

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It’s impossible to judge an individual without understanding the individual’s circumstances. “Get over it” may work as a tough love approach between people with an intimate understanding of each other. But it’s a foolish and dangerous phase to blanket people on this site with.  It comes across as a lack of compassion to those who are suffering terribly with mental illness.  To render advice on this site is difficult because we cannot comprehend each ot... Read More

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A touch is better medication than

A pill, capsule, tablet or snake oil,

Whatever the psycho doctors prescribe,

And  cajole,

To get you higher.

You know?

I often wonder if my health care provider

And the pharmaceuticals,

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REMISSION - 07/27/10

Hi my Name is Adam
I have 19 weeks of no depression
my mental state is in remission
after 1.5 years of therapy and meds

I DIDN'T GIVE UP
when the world seemed like a dark dark place
when it seemed like i was losing the race
I DIDN'T GIVE UP

I DIDN'T GIVE UP
there were many obstacles that tried to derail me
there were many road blocks that wanted to take my freedom away
but i didn't give up and i am free today

I enjoy... Read More

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Seems to me lately things focus around mental health, and how we all just want to feel “normal”.  I keep saying by whose definition of “normal”.  Inquiring minds want to know…  So I got to dictionary.com and search normal.  Here is the first result:

nor·mal

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