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5 ways to preserve your mental health during the holidays.
There’s a popular scripture that reads, “In all things, give thanks.” But what happens when you have nothing but life… nobody but self? When one is alone and devastated, and the holidays seem to make the dreadful feelings of depression and anxiety totally outstrip their body, do they succumb to their darkness or use alchemy…
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Addicted to more…
In the most basic definition, an addict is an enthusiastic devotee of a specified thing or activity. I couldn’t help but think of how trivial that one word was: enthusiastic. Enthusiasm implies joy; it implies passion and devotion. It implies feeling and wanting something with all of your mind, soul and body. And addiction? Well,…
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Bipolar disorder: a weakness or a superpower?
In my last post, I briefly talked about my personal diagnosis with Schizoaffective disorder – a perplexing disease that combines the attributes of Schizophrenia with those of Bipolar disorder. But this week, I want to talk about Kanye West’s statement in a Forbes cover story in 2019: that for him, being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder,…