How Confirmation Bias Harms Patients
I recently spent the majority of a 90-minute therapy session processing a highly invalidating experience where someone questioned my borderline personality diagnosis. As we discussed…
Managing Family Dinner With Appointments
I’m perfectly willing to admit that my home life is sometimes a mess. Because of my youngest daughter’s cerebral palsy, we spend hours each week…
A Letter To My Daughters About Abuse
Dear Sweet Daughters, I love you so very much. In fact, I try to show that love to you every single day, with every breath…
4 Ways Mental Illness Impacts My Friendships
Mental illness often causes people to feel lonely and out of place. It can push us to isolate, or act in ways that scare and…
Who I Am Is Beautiful & Bisexual
We all have moments in our lives where we try to fight reality or hide the truth. Sometimes, we do it in order to protect…
Anxiety Makes Me Think Everyone Will Leave
I’m an outgoing person. I enjoy talking and meeting new people. I love social gatherings and surrounding myself with my favorite people. They sometimes say…
5 Things Children Of An Alcoholic Do
We all know that our childhood directly impacts our adulthood, yet most of us rarely stop to think about it. Naturally, one of the largest…
The DBT Skill That Helped With Relationships
Relationships have never been my strong suit. In fact, I can’t think of a single friendship or romantic connection that came easily. I constantly fear…
How I Told My Daughter About Mental Illness
Over the past two years, I have been admitted to my local psychiatric hospital four times, attended an intensive outpatient program for four months, plowed…
6 Lessons From My Inpatient Hospitalization
I first walked through the doors of my local psychiatric hospital over two years ago. I felt so terrified that I could barely speak. Somehow…