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I May Have a New Diagnosis and I’m Struggling to Accept It

You may have heard that May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but did you know it’s also Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month? A few months ago I was sitting in my psychiatrist’s office and said something to the effect of “well they didn’t think I was good enough” there was […]

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Happy 4/20: I Hate Marijuana

Now that I have at least a few dozen of you ready to jump down my throat and shove studies, statistics, and stories in my face let me explain what I mean. I hate what marijuana does to me and how young society views and pushes it. It’s no secret […]

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Why I Haven’t Been Posting: Shame, Treatment, and Trauma

  Hello everyone, I know it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from me. I want to let you all know that I am ok; I just have had a lot of reasons that have been keeping me from writing or posting. Lately, I have been feeling a lot […]

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I’ve Been Just as Disingenuous on Social Media as Anyone Else

  Look at this picture, just a cute couple dancing, right? Do you like it? Based on this picture what do you think this moment was like? How do you think I’m feeling physically and emotionally here? How do you think my day had gone so far? Just build a […]

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Trying to Decide If I Should Go Into This PHP or Not

I may be going back into treatment, well, what I should say is I’m signed up to go into treatment, but I’m not really sure I want to go. Yesterday I had an appointment with my therapist and she updated me with what the programs she reached out to said. […]

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I Went to a Doctor (and It Didn’t Suck!?)

I Also Have Really Terrible Social Skills! I hate going to see doctors, as you would expect of a mentally ill drug addict with chronic pain, stomach problems, and a history of an eating disorder. I’d say most people don’t like going to the doctor, but when you’re trying to […]