Chronic mental illness feels like fighting in a lifelong battle you can never win. The exhaustion of getting knocked down, and knowing only you can get yourself back up again, and again, and again, feels like too much sometimes. Depression lies to us time and time again. Depression tells us that we should keep ourContinue reading “I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again”
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A Heart Full of Gratitude
I woke up this morning with a heart full of gratitude. Last week in my dialectic behavior therapy (DBT) group, I shared that I was feeling more and more confident with coping with crises and significant mood swings, but am really struggling with managing the “daily grind.” I come home from work and I amContinue reading “A Heart Full of Gratitude”
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Mental Illness is My Superpower 