Medical Paradigm
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I Believe in You: An Open Letter to Teens with Mental Health Struggles
Photo: unsplash.com I can’t pinpoint exactly when my battle with mental illness began, but I do know that by the time I was a teenager, it was in full swing. I can also say that…
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Amanda Bynes, Robin Williams, and the Spectacle of Mental Illness
Internet, we need to have a talk. I’ve had a number of readers ask why I’ve neglected to write about Amanda Bynes this last year. It’s simple, really. I don’t believe that celebrities are “fair…
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Four Major Myths About Mental Illness: A Guide For Artists
As a writer, I’ve encountered a lot of myths about what it means to have a mental illness and be an artist. They are gross and icky myths, ultimately because they hurt people rather than…