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Out Of The Closet For A Year

16 Wednesday Mar 2016

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Yesterday marked my one year anniversary of coming out of the mental health closet. Many of my family and friends found out by reading a Facebook post that I have schizophrenia. You can find that post here. 

I started this blog about living with schizophrenia on March 19th, 2015. I have written hundreds of short essays and posted over 370 times.  I missed posting 25 days in the last year (that means I posted on over 300 days).

I have a blog on Psych Central that receives way more traffic than this blog. I have posted over 30 articles on that site. You can find that blog here. 

I have written 13 articles that are posted on The Mighty.You can find them all here.

On Christmas Eve 2015, I was featured on the People website. The article was shared over 2000 times.  You can read the article here.  

I had a short book of poetry and prose published. You can purchase it as Amazon (it is currently selling for a fraction of the publishing price – last time I checked you could buy it for $1.62). Pick one up here. 

I have been interviewed by several websites, magazines and had my book reviewed by Wordgathering. You can find that review here. 

I also took several creative writing classes.

I didn’t accomplish all that I wanted to, but I do hope that some people understand schizophrenia a little better and that in some way, I have made life easier for people with a severe mental illness.

Incredible ride. Incredible year.

 

 

Psych Central and The Mighty

19 Friday Feb 2016

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Here is my latest blog post on Psych Central. The post is about the misuse of the word schizophrenia by politicians and doctors. Warning, the subject matter can raise your blood pressure!

This is a post I made to Psych Central earlier in the week. It has almost the exact opposite message as the first one I posted, so if you need a little hope, here it is!

Here is a link to my latest article on The Mighty. The article is about not identifying too much with a label of “mentally ill.”

Netflix and Psych Central

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

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My new blog post on Psych Central is up. It is about a new series on Netflix called, River.  It is a cop show so it is not recommended for children, but for those of you who are curious, I think it does an excellent job of portraying schizophrenia. Although, in an interview, the main actor says it is not schizophrenia he is portraying – how disappointing.  I hope you enjoy the post. If you watch the show, let me know what you think.

Two Pieces Published Today

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

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I love when my writing gets accepted at magazines, journals and websites.  It makes me a happy camper.

A letter I wrote to my former psychiatrist was published on The Mighty today.

One of my blog posts was accepted for publication today.

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