I’ve separated “Cherished Writings” into another blog, as these are soley my writings. ”Living in Stigma” will contain my writings along with all other news articles or resource articles. My writings capture a nine year struggle – and continuous struggle – with mental illness. So many years lost; almost a grieving process for me now. But I am back on my feet – a working girl now – away from hospital conditioning and in a large corporate world. I semi-fit in, although difficult most times trying to win back the self-confidence and self-esteem that I possessed long ago. Not a crutch, but stigma stands in my way at times.
In one of my posts I term myself “thankful and lucky”, and really, I am. We all learn something throughout our lives, unfortunately the waves aren’t always calm. I sat in a corner too, too long in a state of very deep depression, wishing my life away – actually praying for my demise. Some days I still wish I was there in that corner, but no, I will trudge on, take my meds that are finally working for me and do the best that I can.
I hope I can inspire anybody reading any of my posts on “Cherished”, and I continue to maintain this site, my main site, ”Living in Stigma” to educate people. Mental illness stigma is with us everyday.
http://debwritings.wordpress.com
