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    Does My Mom With Alzheimer's Know It's Mother Day?

    MAY 7, 2012 9:51AM

    By Mom My Hero


    Topics: eldercare, caregiver, mental illness, memory loss, dementia, alzheimers, baby boomer, aging parent, mother's day, ife, love, relationship, daughter, mother, family, health, open call

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 733 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Gewgaws and Zen Koans

    APRIL 30, 2012 4:23PM

    By Steven Bridenbaugh


    Topics: music, healing, zen, philosophy, depression, mental illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1726 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Law & Order: Alzheimer's Unit

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 11:28AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: incarceration, mental illness, maud goossens, wa, port orchard, dementia, alzheimer's, prison system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3702 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    An American Tragedy in Texas; December, 2011

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 3:57PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: murder, suicide, hostage situation, texas, laredo, rick perry, anita perry, poverty, food stamps, mental illness, rachelle grimmer, timothy grimmer, ramie grimmer, facebook

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1364 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Dueling Crazies: A Thanksgiving on Long Island

    NOVEMBER 20, 2011 2:53PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: not so heartwarming holiday stories, thanksgiving, dueling banjoes, camelot, christmas carols, jazz standards, mental illness, frozen people, family, kindness, tolerance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2322 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    21st Century Drug Addict

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 12:41AM

    By Lee Pierce


    Topics: drugs, addiction, dependency, society, mental illness, prozac nation, belief/religion, family, health, science

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 600 Views
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    Recollections of a Tobacco Addict

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 1:08AM

    By Steven Bridenbaugh


    Topics: mental illness, tobacco, smoking, quit smoking, addictions

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1678 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Fugue

    JULY 26, 2011 12:14PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: dissociation, mental illness, nursing home, opera, animals, cookies, ice cream, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1262 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Anger Management

    JULY 22, 2011 12:06PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: open call, life after quitting, resentment, mother, stepmother, mental illness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1415 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Guttersnipe

    JUNE 30, 2011 3:51PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: class, money, mental illness, stigmas, shame, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1362 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Struggle In The Lyme Light

    JUNE 24, 2011 10:02AM

    By George MacMillan


    Topics: bipolar disorder, mental illness, mental health, nature, health coverage, health insurance, lyme disease, ticks, doctors, science, politics, health, environment, medicine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1353 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Portrait of My Brother as a Young Man

    JUNE 17, 2011 11:20AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: 1960s, music, brother-sister relationships, family, loss of connection, mental illness, demons

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 2366 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    Cherished Handwritten Notes

    JUNE 17, 2011 1:12PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: open+call, comedy, humor, the chariot foundation at shush castle, chariot institute, letter writing, handwriting, handwritten, handwritten notes, calligraphy, gentleman, mortifying disclosures, style, wealth, relationships, fiction, feminism, fashion, love, paris, parisian, mental illness, victorian era, pressed flowers, tt, romance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1263 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    And you bleed just to know you're alive.

    MAY 30, 2011 4:53PM

    By millkat


    Topics: open call, my tiny hypocrisy, mental illness, self-injury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1138 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    My daughter, me and ADHD

    MAY 14, 2011 10:38AM

    By Kristi Piziks


    Topics: health, family, teenagers, learning disabilities, mental illness, add, ahdh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 684 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    We Have All Been Here Before

    MAY 1, 2011 5:46PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: tulips, lilacs, hospitals, mental illness, alzheimer's disease

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1808 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    A Little Bit Bipolar

    APRIL 26, 2011 10:06AM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: mental health, mental illness, custody evaluation, divorce, demi lovato, catherine zeta-jones, antidepressants, lamictal, cyclothymia, bipolar ii, bipolar

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 962 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Legacy

    MARCH 8, 2011 8:42AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: motherhood, family, mental illness, alzheimer's disease

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1595 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Book Review: Loud in the House of Myself, by Stacy Pershall

    JANUARY 25, 2011 6:47PM

    By Zella


    Topics: borderline, anorexia, bipolar, mental illness, tattoos, book review, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2082 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    ...and now a word about schizophrenia (one daughter's POV)

    JANUARY 12, 2011 7:57AM

    By Synicalgirl


    Topics: family, mother, mental illness, parenting, schizophrenia

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