5 Tips: How Asian Americans & Mental Health Professionals Can Build Family Support
In my last post, Asian American Mental Health: Confusing Doing Well with Feeling Well, I described my life with bipolar
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5 Vital Notes from Empire’s Portrayal of Bipolar Disorder
Last Wednesday, I watched Empire for the first time. In fact, I watched ten episodes while studying 40 subjects for debate.
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5 Reasons People Abandon a Sick Friend
In October 2008, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed and hospitalized for Myasthenia Gravis, MG, a neuromuscular autoimmune
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What Chronic Fatigue Feels Like
What is chronic fatigue? My mom asked me this weekend what it feels like, and I had a hard time
Read moreThe Truth: Why Don’t Chronically Ill People Speak Up More Often?
When people ask me how I’m feeling and I say “I’m tired,” they assume I’m talking about the chronic fatigue
Read moreMy Contribution to Mental Illness Awareness Week: Self-Care (#MIAW)
This week, I intended to blog more for Mental Illness Awareness Week but I got too depressed to do it.
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Happy 2nd Birthday! | Top 10 Fashionably ill Articles
Fashionably ill is celebrating its second birthday! As such, I’m sharing the top ten articles from the past two years. In
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10 Things NOT To Say to a Depressed Person; Readers’ Responses
May is Mental Health Month (see links to other popular mental health posts below).** I know from my experience losing
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Surviving Chronic illness; The Difference Between Denial & Courage
If you told me five years ago that I’d be wearing flat shoes, I would have laughed. The thought of
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Top 10 Articles of 2013
Before I get to my list, I just wanted to say: I hope you’ll be joining us tomorrow for my
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