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Outdoor gear. I do a lot of solo mountaineering, and good gear has saved my life on numerous occasions. I--the girl who refuses to spend more than $20 on heels--just bought a brand new pair of $500 mountaineering boots and I could not be happier.

jlane, most of the time it's not actually "delusions of grandeur". I'm schizophrenic, and I don't currently take antipsychotics. I have something to deal with the negative class of symptoms (Provigil), propranolol for anxiety, and the occasional sleeping pill, but no antipsychotics.… Read More

I have seen maybe twelve different buzzfeed articles about anxiety, and the same number about ADHD. Literally everyone pays attention. You know what I haven't seen? Any cutesy comics depicting psychosis.

Toddlers are not the same as dogs. You can't point to a puddle of urine and tell the dog it's bad to pee in the house, you have to show the dog its own urine or else they won't understand why their human is making such loud noises. This method is only used when the pee has been there… Read More

Dogs have terrible long-term memory. If they pee on the floor and you find it thirty minutes later, they won't understand why you're scolding them. They won't make the connection between "peeing on the carpet" and "yelling human" so they just get confused and scared. You have to physically… Read More

Alison, just wait till you visit Colorado. Everyone is stoned there, you'll love it.

Uh, Ciara, not what I said. Since reading comprehension seems to be an issue, I'll explain it further. The point of my anecdote was to highlight that it was wrong to immediately label someone a bigot because they were raised in a society that put a huge emphasis on decorum above all… Read More

Cody, this isn't always true. My grandmother is very religious, but takes no issue with same-sex anything. She's the little old lady who defends same-sex couples in her bible study group. However, she does take issue with flagrant displays of sexuality from couples of all shapes and… Read More

Rhea, calling someone a bitch isn't very feminist of you. I was raped. I think this whole thing is funny and gimmicky. In addition, if you get bent out of shape every time you hear "go make me a sandwich" you're in for a very rage-filled life. It's a quip. Quip back and then let… Read More

I was on Quetiapine for two years. Unfortunately, the sleeping is a common side-effect (and happened to me). Why hasn't your doctor tried other medications? There are plenty of other medications you can try that are far (far, far, far) less sedating than Seroquel.