i just read that sinead o’connor recently tried to commit suicide. that’s sad.
one thing that i thought was cool, though, is that she asked for help on twitter. ( Read more )
Category: mental illness
Jan
12
sinead asking for help
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Jan
03
real housewives of beverly hills: blunted affect
here’s my latest huffington post piece:
real housewives of beverly hills: blunted affect ( Read more )
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Nov
22
“real housewives of beverly hills: stunted growth”
here’s my latest huffington post piece: “real housewives of beverly hills: stunted growth.”
as many of you know, i’m a (fairly) unabashed real housewives watcher. okay, i like rhobh, enjoy rhonj, had to watch rhodc because – hello – i went to college in dc, you know the drill… ( Read more )
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Jul
24
what amy winehouse’s life, addiction and death mean to me
I heard today that Amy Winehouse died. When I first heard about Amy Winehouse was when she’d made a rendition of ‘Moody’s Mood for Love’. So I grew up with that song, ‘F**k Me Pumps’, and more. Then, a little later I hear this new album, ‘Back to Black’, where she’s doing a song called ‘Rehab.’
By this time, I’d already heard about her rehab issues. ( Read more )
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May
29
release secrets, release shame
i’ve been thinking a lot about writing, openness, and other things regarding that. with each piece i write, i try to dig, come from my heart. that said, sometimes i hold back because i’m hesitant with full disclosure. it’s not that i keep secrets from everyone – i open up to someone – different ones – about everything. but putting it out in public is a little different. ( Read more )
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Apr
26
chucking eggs
i was just looking at my main website’s list of alternatives and noticed one of the suggestions was:
- Throw something (preferably not breakable!)
it made me remember this one time near the beginning of my recovery when i did the opposite. ( Read more )
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Jun
10
do i have that issue too??
there’s this term that’s referred to* when you start working in a medical field, find out symptoms of a disease, and start thinking that you might have that disease. working at a psychology/self-help company, when i first got here and listened to books being pitched, i’d find myself thinking, do i have that too?
clearly, as you can tell from my pieces, i have a few issues (don’t we all?) and feel pretty in touch with them, but that didn’t keep me from thinking, hmm, did i miss the ball with issues x,y,z?
the past two days, we’ve been discussing all of the new books for spring 2011, and it was refreshing to notice that i wasn’t internalizing a number of issues and wondering if i had them. ( Read more )
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May
26
“suicide’s note”
so, i just posted a new piece on psychology today. it is the final part of my 3-piece feature: the sad & the glad about depression and suicide. it’s another ‘put up the piece at lunch’ thing. fortunately, i’d already written it, so i just needed to format it properly and add appropriate pictures. ( Read more )
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