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You do you! -Battery running low. #MentalHealth #Autism #Depression

Sometimes People must take a break because their mental health is running low. You do you, if you want work through it fab some people can do that. But if you can’t and need few days or weeks to reconnect with loved one to remind you life is worth living , sleeping all day , crying all to get the emotion out, just lying in silence,being surround by nature or resting that’s perfectly fine too. Seeking help from professional help is nothing to be ashamed. Writing things down, Exercising through it. Many ways to get your Mental health back on track You do you with in reason.
Because life can be overwhelming sometimes and people can be cruel xxx #MentalHealth #Depression #Fightthestigma #Autism

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Facebook #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #StopTheStigma

So yesterday I was growing my Facebook when I say a post in a group that was being very negative towards mental health. I couldn’t help but comment on it after seeing all the derogatory comments. I explain that October in the month dedicated to mental health in South Africa and that we should be educating and not making fun of people with mental illness. I finished with #Fightthestigma . I have now been blocked off the group! It amazes me how shallow people can be! It hurt to find that no one seemed to care

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Help Nicholas get to Journey Pure

It’s been a long time coming, but my son is ready to take the step toward wellness. See attached link w/video and message from his sister, my daughter Savannah as she is handling the donations for him.
Thank you for your support!

gf.me/u/y5d586
#Fightthestigma
#mysonmyheart
#helpishope

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Still Fighting

I am a suicide survivor, thirty-one years and counting. I got my semicolon tattoo last summer to celebrate thirty years (I had wanted a semicolon tattoo for a long time but couldn't find an overall design that resonated....until last year. Inspired by a line from Paying My Way, one of my favorite Dropkick Murphys songs 😁😎❤️)

Anyway, what you can't see in the photo (because the light washed it out) is the scar under the ink. I took steak knife to my wrists at the age of 15. I was living life and trying to get through school with two undiagnosed mental illnesses and an undiagnosed learning disability (my clinical depression, anxiety, and ADD were not diagnosed before adulthood). Plus I tried to deal with the self-inflicted oressure of being my big sister's little sister......a real cocktail of stresses.....and that night , while doing my homework, I snapped and blanked out.

I won't lay out the details, even though much is still crisply delineated in my mind. Just know that I have traveled incredibly far since that night and I am incredibly proud of the woman I have become. Five years ago, I finally broke through the stigma and went on an antidepressant...I feel soooo much better in many ways, even though I do still struggle with situational depressive episodes at times. I recognize I am lucky and blessed. I am here for anyone who might need a friendly ear and a broad shoulder to lean on. ❤️

#Depression #Anxiety #ADD #SuicideSurvivor #Fightthestigma #MentalHealthAwareness

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I CAN Do This! TRIGGER WARNING

TRIGGER WARNING

After being unemployed for over 2 years and hitting suicidal ideation 6 times in one year, I’m back at work in my chosen profession! I never thought that would happen. I’m handling stress so much better, & while I still have problems focusing, I’m proving to myself that everyone who said I couldn’t do ‘xyz’ was wrong! #CheckInWithMe #CheerMeOn #Bipolar1 #Fightthestigma

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Great day

For darkness came and she felt at ease. Oh how it gave her comfort. For no one could see. No one could judge. The shadows were gone and only the feared came out in the dark. Them she is not afraid of cuz it is with them she feels normal. The slighted will stand tall and the battered rise from the ash. For it is the “disturbed” that will last night long nights to come. #Gothgirl #Bipolar2 #warrior #Survivor #Depression #Anxiety #CheckInWithMe #Fightthestigma #Befree #StayStrong

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