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I’ve been in therapy for over four months now, and I can confidently say that I have made more progress in the last four months than I had in the four years I was debating therapy combined.

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Unfamiliar situations in which I have to talk to people (such as ordering at a restaurant that I’ve never been to before, making a phone call to the dentist’s office to make an appointment, or interacting with any customer service roles).

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It is more than just the winter blues or a weird funk that you have to snap out of.

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They don’t tell you about the emotional wounds that come when you have a hysterectomy, especially when you have one at what they say are “childbearing years.”

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Our physical health directly impacts our mental health, and the truth is that we need our mental health in order to get our gut under control. You cannot have one without the other.

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The first two years of having Ulcerative Colitis are a blur and lucid all at once.

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Paranoia comes up in my life as suspicion that my friends are upset with me or that they’re conspiring behind my back. It shows itself as interpretations of facial expressions and judgmental looks that don’t always fit the facts, and it ranges to having thoughts that a stranger is going to come in through my window at night.

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What is Crohn’s Disease? According to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. What are the symptoms?

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I know it’s hard to grasp if you don’t struggle with mental illness, but when my mental health goes to shit, it makes every other aspect in my life go to shit. Every single one.

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Perhaps you’ve watched him on American Idol. Maybe you love his music, or his writing.