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fromPsychology Today
22 hours ago

The Mental Illness Recovery Paradox

Shame often intensifies after mental health symptoms improve, quietly impeding recovery and persisting as a common, predictable aftermath of a mental health crisis.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Before You Share Your Mental Health Story, Read This

Attain recovery and support before publicly sharing lived mental-health experiences; develop a speaking career slowly with strategic planning to protect mental health and finances.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Readers reply: Can art save lives?

A whale-tail sculpture unexpectedly stopped a runaway Rotterdam metro; art has also aided psychiatric recovery and provided emotional continuity and solace in people's lives.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Paramedic Life With Bipolar and Psychosis

John Kline is a good friend of mine, who I met through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connection Support Group program. We've been facilitating a local NAMI support group together for years. He has a captivating story of experiencing Bipolar I, psychotic breaks, and what emotional recovery looks like. He also tells the story of his prolific career as a paramedic, and how his experience of bipolar shaped his career and his personal life.
Mental health
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Greg Louganis sells Olympic medals as part of his journey to self-discovery (and Panama)

"I don't know how permanent, or, you know, I don't know how long it's gonna be," he said. "I'm just embracing the 'I don't know,' and also staying open for discovery. I think that's what this part of my life is about, being open to discover what's next and really, really, really do my best at being present in every place I go with every person I meet."
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