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By Chris Harrison
I have suffered bipolar disorder all my adult life. Bipolar means I can get very depressed and sometimes I compensate by over-elation. I have not been over-elated...
If you have read my What #WorldMentalHealthDay2018 means to me you know that I care about letting other people know that it is okay to reach out for support. I feel that World Ment...
It's easy to put
One word
In front of the other
Less easy to walk
The wire
Every day a minefield
And I am on the edge
As usual
With everyone else
We are all anxious
All the time
T...
What I would give
To see the world
Through your eyes
Emptiness no longer
An object of fear
But an everyday reality
That lets you glide
Through life
Like that kite you had
As a boy
...
For a long time
There was just a tunnel
Then at some point
A light appeared
In the distance
And I kept walking
And it got larger
And I was fearful
Frightened it was
A train coming
...
Maybe there are
No words to say
Just the touch
Of hand on shoulder
Is enough to say
You care
Don't give up
Rock bottom
Means the only
Way is up....
“Not only had my brother disappeared, but — and bear with me here — a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from then on, be told...
“…There are times when something is asked of us, and we find we must do it. There is no calculation involved, no measure of the necessity of the thing itself, the action that must ...
“Feelings don’t try to kill you, even the painful ones. Anxiety is a feeling grown too large. A feeling grown aggressive and dangerous. You’re responsible for its...
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
- Ally Condie, Match...
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