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5 Ways You Can Manage Depression & Bipolar Triggers

May 18, 2017May 19, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comment anxiety, bipolar, depression, disability, mental health, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, PCOS, stress, triggers

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, which explores the suicide of

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mental health 

6 Tips for Protecting Your Mental Health When Bad News is Everywhere

July 9, 2016July 10, 2016 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments Alton Sterling, anxiety, bad news, bipolar, coverage, Dallas ambush, depression, disengage, Exercise, Philando Castile, psychology, shooting, tragedy, trauma, triggers

Last week, bad news was everywhere.  And in your face.  There were the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando

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Review of Rebecca Lombardo’s Memoir on Bipolar Disorder

March 10, 2016September 18, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comment anxiety, Beka, bipolar disorder, bipolar memoir, body image, book review, It's Not Your Journey, Rebecca Lombardo, self-esteem, self-injury

Popular mental health advocate, Rebecca Lombardo, wrote a book called, It’s Not Your Journey: A Memoir.  Lombardo’s book actually began

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Interviews mental health 

Kathy Khang’s Story: Having Depression & Growing Up in an Asian Family

July 30, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comment anxiety, Asian Americans, attack, depression, Kathy Khang, mental illness, Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, stigma

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.  Lately, I’ve been doing more interviews with people who bravely fight chronic illness

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Interviews mental health 

Rudy’s Story: Young Man Talks About Life with Bipolar Disorder

July 10, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comment anxiety, bipolar disorder, interview, mental health, Rudy Caseres, schizophrenia

Something you’ll see more of on Fashionably ill is my interviews with people of different backgrounds about how they manage

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mental health Stress 

Mental Illness: Do You Know What Your Triggers Are?

October 23, 2014November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 3 Comments anxiety, asthma, bipolar disorder, bipolar mood charts, depression, exposure, hypomania, light therapy, mania, mental health, panic attacks, PTSD, PTSI, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, suicide, trauma, triggers

Last week, I went to an Italian restaurant. This restaurant was an autoimmune patient’s dream—clean, good food, and very few

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5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories (#HAWMC)

April 18, 2014November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments anxiety, autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, confidence, depression, Facebook, faith, fatigue, fibro, fibromyalgia, HAWMC, lipstick, lupus, MS, Muscular Dystrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, pain, Parkinson's, PCOS, Prednisone, Saved by the Bell, social media, Twitter, WEGO, worry

I continue WEGO’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge (#HAWMC).  Day 18: 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. Make a list

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