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May.12.2013
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Deborah Fruchey is the author of Is There Room for Me, Too? 12...
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Apr.30.2013
Yesterday in my neighborhood it felt like summer for the first time all year. It was as hot inside as outside. It was as hot in the shade as in the sun. I was dogged by lethargy and depression, and I thought, Oh, no - here we go again.
Of all the weather that I dread, summer is the worst. The heat...
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Apr.11.2013
When I was 13, I became bipolar with psychotic features. Nobody knew. No bells or whistles went off. My father had the same condition, but we dismissed his scary irrational rages as “Daddy has a bad temper.” Just so, my endless misery and dramatic oversensitivity was dismissed as “Debbie’s a...
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Mar.28.2013
First of all, my apologies for being late with this blog, friends. I am being tortured by Lulu Press, and it is taking all my free time. To make a long story short, they are requiring their authors to resubmit EVERYTHING, and for me they are insisting on uploading it in a new format with new rules...
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Mar.13.2013
For a long time, people in the general populace have assumed that those plagued by mental illness are dangerous. That attitude has spilled out in books, movies, newspapers, ad nauseum. Almost nobody knew the long proven psychological fact that we are LESS likely to be violent.
Two things have...
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Mar.05.2013
Folks, I am just too overwhelmed with STUFF to post this week. I'll just have to try again next Monday. But meanwhile, here is something I found today that I think will inspire you about the possibilities of recovery.
http://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness.html
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Feb.18.2013
You and I both know this blog is a week late. I apologize. But I just had a little emotional breakdown, and I needed time to recover.
I’ve been intending to write a blog about learning your limits. Now is a good time, because I have just become a perfect object lesson. I ignored my own limits, and...
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Jan.30.2013
Humans are creatures of habit. Anybody who’s ever tried to give up coffee or nail-biting can tell you that. But it is even more important if you live with a serious psychiatric disorder.
Think about it: doesn’t being mentally ill inject chaos into your life? If you suddenly have to drop everything...
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Jan.17.2013
I feel I can do no better service with this blog than to list the parts of Obama’s new 23-point plan, in response to the Newtown tragedy, that apply to mental health. This information is copied directly from today’s newsletter from Jessica Cruz, the Executive Director of NAMI California....
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Dec.28.2012
Firstly, I have 4 words to say about the Newton shootings: Mental Health Care Access.There is something very wrong with a society where guns are so easy to get and mental health care is so hard.
If you want to fight for better access but don’t have the time or energy (or functionality), your...
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Dec.10.2012
I’ve just had a unique experience that I doubt science is equipped to explain. If you’re comfortable with spiritual ideas, it might sit better. Or maybe not...we'll see.
I went to Sedona, Arizona over Thanksgiving week. Heard of Sedona? It’s about a two hour drive south of the Grand Canyon, and...
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Nov.18.2012
Just a few thoughts at the darkening of the year. This is a hard time for many of us. First and foremost, days are shortening. In America, we have exited Daylight Savings Time, so instead of the long slow dusk we’ve been used to all summer, it’s pitch black before we even get our dinner. The warmth...
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Oct.29.2012
I know I promised a further exploration of Anosognosia, but I’m taking time out for a medical heads-up. Ladies, menopause may be dangerous to your mental health, and going hormone-free might not be one of your viable options.
I noticed a couple of years ago that I was destabilizing rapidly and had...
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Oct.11.2012
I’ve been out of town, which made this blog very late - but when I came home and checked my mail, I learned something very interesting. My monthly NAMI newsletter had an article on a mental health condition I did not know existed.
Whenever I speak in public, I am sure to meet at least one audience...
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Sep.13.2012
In the town where I live, on September 4, 2012, a Highway Patrolman, Kenyon Headstrom, was shot by a man named Chris Lacy. Headstrom later died of his wounds. Lacy died at the scene. It has since come out that Lacy was Bipolar, and local papers have treated this story as if Bipolar Disorder...
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—Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
About Deborah
Deborah grew up in California, and still lives within reach of the Bay Area. She attempted to write her first book at age 8. Her first book, The Unwilling Heiress, was a comedy romance which was chosen as a Best Book in 1987. In the two decades that followed...
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NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)