Before you start a riot over my title, let me explain. To me, and this is my opinion, there is a difference between talking about mental health like it’s normal, and normalizing mental illness. Stick with me, I’ll explain it in more detail. I made a small remark in my last post, First Day Jitters,…
Tag: stigma
First Day Jitters
So, if you’ve read my article I Got a Job!, you know that I have been unemployed for about 7 months now, since January. However, I can, once again, happily proclaim that I have been hired by a company in my field. Yet, yesterday, which was the day before my first day (today) I was…
Admitting You Have a Problem
Yep, I am going to bring up one of the most talked about parts of recovery. The thing is, I haven’t talked about it yet, and you haven’t heard my spin on it. So, a little back story, as you may or may not know, I was thrust into the mental health world in 2011….
Out of My Mind 