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• Erasing Negative Thoughts

  

  While trying to cope with serious illness in my family, I discovered that it was often my own negative thoughts that hurt me the most. After all, there was no... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Can One Person Make a Difference? Why I Tell My Story

  

  I have been asked on many occasions why I tell my story. People ask whether one person can really make a difference. They ask why I share all this in a blog on... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Discrimination Vs. Stigma

  

  Discrimination means doing something active against a person at work, or denying him access to education of any kind, accommodatiion, entry to particular... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Tomorrow Will Be Different

  Although mental health problems are common and affect so many people around the globe, stigma and discrimination is still common and many myths abound. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Different Ways of Saying ‘mental Illness.’

  

  I have heard many people who are ill say; ‘Isn’t there another word for mental illness?’ OR, ‘If only there was another way to say mental illness or mentally... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Dinner Date with Schizophrenia

  Eating dinner with schizophrenia is not the same as eating without it. My son’s hands shook due to the medication he was taking. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I Thought That Love Would Turn This Thing Around

  

  When our son was ill, both my husband and I thought that our love would turn this thing around, but love was not the answwer; neither were my tears, but I was a... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Friendships Count

  

  The youtube clip below is entitled Friendships Count.Click on the link below ….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CMAeg8D52cIn an article in the Star-Telegram,... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Newspaper Headline Screams Schizophrenia

  

  I opened my newspaper and saw the following headline sceaming at me – Schizophrenia in two state solution. Until then, I’d always thought that the place for an... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Written by Children on the Day They Were Sent to a Gas Chamber in 1944

  

  On a purple, sun-shot evening Under wide-flowering chestnut trees Upon the threshold full of dust Yesterday, today, the days are all like these. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• After Tragedy Strikes

  

  Have you ever wondered what you should do or how you ought to behave when visiting a relative or friend who has experienced tragedy in his/her family? Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Schizophrenia … and Solitary Confinement

  

  There was a hearing on the subject of solitary confinement in prisons with testimony from federal and state law enforcement officials, academics and advocates... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill ….

  Originally posted on Jill's Experiences with Mental Health , Stigma, Alzheimer's Disease, Grief Grieving serenade2seniors: In a lighter vein: Geroge... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Schizophrenia and Then Alzheimer’s

  Although schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s are very different, theWhile living through schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, I had to learn that it was not what happened t... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Safe Haven 4 Mothers

  This blog is dedicated to mothers in particular. it’s a place to share our problems when there is illness in the family – mental illness in particular. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• If Only Houses Could Speak

  MEMORIESLike the fields where I chased butterflies in my childhood, the mountain my late husband liked to climb as a boy, the beach where our children paddled... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Life Can Be a Song

  

  SERENADE 2 SENIORS, Mental Health Resources, Invisible Illnesses, If your life is a song, sing it.If your life is a game, play it.if your life is a challenge,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Stigma

  is defined  as a sign of disgrace or discredit which sets a person apart from others. The STIGMA of mental illness remains a powerful negative attribute in all... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Self Stigma

  People with a mental illness put up with a lot more than their illness. Stigma contributes a major stress that they can do without. My late son often said;... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• There Are People Like Us All Over the World

  Born in Melbourne, Australia, Pat Cash established a tennis academy. A Davis Cup winner at the age of 18, Cash went on to win the Wimbledon Championship  four... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY