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On G-d, Spirituality, Mental Health, and Suicide
Dedicated in memory of the author's sister, Susan Sarah Baron It has been a long time since I wrote anything ...
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The Experience of Talking About Healing in Mental Illness
[Hello My Name Is...] Swirling snow;serpents at our heels.My body buzzes;muscles shivering. Tension crawls -beneath my skin,and my mask -begins ...
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The Physical Pain of Mental Illness
Message from the author: Dear fellow sisters and brothers, I wrote the following poem to validate my shame and pain ...
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From Silhouette to Songbird: Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
I was the one in the shadows, blending in with the wallpaper hoping no one would notice me. The silhouette ...
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Metamorphosis
A caterpillar so small and slowNo one thinks he can blossom or growHe doesn't knowWhy he was created without shine ...
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Halacha Hoodwinked: How I Recognized OCD in my Religious Life
For as long as I can remember, I’ve tried to stay out of trouble. I was always a good boy ...
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Piercing The Stigma of Psychiatric Hospitals
We all have heard, in some form or another, the horrors that occur within the walls of the psychiatric unit ...
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I Tried Reaching Out
I tried reaching out to you, my sister. Calling to see how you were feeling. Just a simple call that ...
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We Are All Responsible: Break The Silence On Mental Illness
Therapy therapy therapy therapy therapy. I am an Orthodox Jew who goes to therapy. Maybe if I keep repeating the ...
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