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We didn’t know. We never knew what to call it. We didn’t have a diagnosis then. If you had a mood disorder before the 21st century, it was understood and treated within limitations based on the research, knowledge and resources available at that time. What is more likely is that the brain disease wasn’t diagnosedContinue reading “The Pain Without a Name”

We’ve heard the wisdom it takes a village to raise a child The same is true about breaking the silence about mental illness…it takes a village. Mental health awareness and advocacy is a people’s movement. It is the collective voices of our multiple villages uniting for better mental health. It takes a village speaking outContinue reading “Breaking the Silence Takes a Village”

This is a big week of firsts in my household: first and only child that I birthed starts kindergarten first book that I wrote arrives in the mail My son started out this week declaring he quit school (even before it began) and came home after his fist day proclaiming he was in love, inContinue reading “Crazy out of the box”