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
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If It’s Okay to Cry About Physical Pain, It’s Okay to Cry about Depression Too
My holidays were great. I think I had one of my favorite Christmases ever with my family. I was happy.
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Resilience: My Family’s Autoimmune/Cancer/Bipolar Journey as Remembered Through Four Pacquiao Fights (from The Huffington Post)
Over the weekend, I had my second Huffington Post article published. You can read it here. I’m very excited about this
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6 Ideas: How To Get Stuff Done When You’re Depressed
I’ve been depressed the past few days. There are many difficult aspects to depression and one of them is
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Victim Blaming Happens to Sick People Too
I recently saw an article about the twenty dumbest things said on a popular sports show. I was discussing this with
Read more5 People Who Can Benefit From Web Therapy; Must-Watch HuffPost Live Video
I’ll make this post brief because my eyes and ears are still on the mend from my allergic conjunctivitis. Yesterday,
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Who Am I? The Chronically Ill Person’s Identity Crisis
Three years ago, I became a contributor to a mental health website. They asked me to submit a brief bio,
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Military & Mental Health: One Veteran’s Battle with Schizophrenia
With Veterans Day upon us, I’ve decided to interview my friend, Jonathan Looper. Jonathan wrote and is co-starring in the
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Please Help My Friend, Ms. Wheelchair Illinois, Pearl Gannon
Some of you may have read my interview with Ms. Wheelchair Illinois, Pearl Gannon. Pearl is a great friend of mine
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Mental Illness: Do You Know What Your Triggers Are?
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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