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 Understanding Mental Illness 

Understanding Mental Illness

Latest Understanding Mental Illness Articles

16 Signs You Actually Have What’s Known As ‘Anxious Depression’

16 Signs You Actually Have What’s Known As ‘Anxious Depression’

January Nelson January Nelson
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Knowing what you are struggling with specifically can aide in your treatment.

Honestly,  ‘13 Reasons Why’ Is The Most Important Media In Today’s Society

Honestly, ‘13 Reasons Why’ Is The Most Important Media In Today’s Society

Ren Wilson Ren Wilson
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We need to remember this: People are not taking their own lives because of the attention they’ll get when they’re dead. People are taking their own lives because THEY DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE.

Two Sides To Every Coin

Two Sides To Every Coin

Anonymous
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I bond with those who talk about their mental health struggles, who don’t act like robots or carbon cut outs of what a person should be. But most importantly, those who wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Fighting The Stigma: Let’s Talk Suicide, This Is My Story

Fighting The Stigma: Let’s Talk Suicide, This Is My Story

Sade Andria Zabala Sade Andria Zabala
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No matter how much society has claimed to be enlightened, people still don’t understand what it is to be depressed, suicidal, anxious, or mentally ill.

How To Love Someone Who Has A Mental Illness

Anonymous
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“The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very loveable.”

I Cannot Understand Your Mind, So I’ll Write To You

I Cannot Understand Your Mind, So I’ll Write To You

Marisa Donnelly Marisa Donnelly
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I wish I could make sense of your mind
the way I’ve always been able to make sense of my own.
Thoughts that slide so easily into poetry, into neat lines
and verses and words with a rhythm, calculated and perfect.

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