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Moms with mental illnesses that don't acknowledge that fact are truly the worst. On the other hand, with a proper combination of medication, therapy and support it should be alright. Sadly my own mother belongs to the former group.

This goes both ways. The abuse we sometimes suffer at the hands of family members due to ignorance and fear is sometimes beyond repair, no matter if it was a misguided attempt at caring.

I wasn't told that it was a death sentence but pretty much everything else is spot on. WTF they're meant to help not crush you down.

Really, thanks for this article. I've come to terms with being bipolar and having GAD and OCD (to name a few...) but somehow BPD was something that even one of my therapists essentially shamed me for and for a good while I believed I was just a bad, awful person, self-absorbed, fickle,… Read More

#27 wHAT THE fUCK

It gets better, trust me. I have it myself and have a couple of friends, one who is BP type II and the other type I, who after +5 years together are marrying next spring :) it's not easy but I think it's helpful to know your diagnosis (es) thoroughly, and to communicate or keep track… Read More

Somebody who thinks that learning a language is just "memorizing phrases" evidently has no clue of how much work it takes to become proficient in another language. Many people are incapable of expressing themselves correctly even in their mother tongue. This notion that Humanities… Read More

The opening of course! Gets me into a festive mood. :)

What a mess... Maybe choosing some excerpts that were a little more self-contained, it would've worked instead of being a bunch of disjointed ramblings. The xanax/mentos story could've been fun, but the way it's presented is unappealing to say the least.

#4! I once got a call around noon from my then-fwb that included those almost always welcome words of "netflix and chill," so without thinking twice I headed to his place (note: we had been fwbs for weeks/months and this certainly hadn't been my first time going over). To my great… Read More