Mental Illness Taught Me

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Ways to say I love you

was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCPD) in 2016, after struggling with it – unbeknownst to me – for years. Whi

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Having the ability to address your feelings does. Accepting accountability does. Cutting out negative behaviors and people do. Recognizing your mental health is a priority does. Time made me realize that wounds can become worse if I'm not proactive. Be proud of everything you have accomplished no matter how small. Time taught me that life goes on, so it is up to me to start the process.

Time does not heal

Having the ability to address your feelings does. Accepting accountability does. Cutting out negative behaviors and people do. Recognizing y

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Over the years, I've learned how to recognize different types of exhaustion. They were not all the same and therapy helped me learn how to identify as they each needed different solutions. I want to focus on emotional and mental exhaustion. They may sound the same, yet they require different ways to handle them for me. Click the link the bio to read more.

What types of exhaustion do you deal with? What do you do to work through them?

Exhaustion

Over the years, I’ve learned how to recognize different types of exhaustion. They were not all the same and therapy helped me learn how to i

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Sometimes seeking treatment is about regaining your voice and your power. At times we may think that no one cares how we feel, so we hold in. We sit with these feelings that continue to weigh us down. My power comes from working through these feelings and my voice allows me to release them. Everything you experience is valid and there is no timeframe to "move on." So take all the time you need to work on yourself because you have every right to be heard.

Regaining

Sometimes seeking treatment is about regaining your voice and your power. At times we may think that no one cares how we feel, so we hold in

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We enter a new year today. Many did not make it to see this day. Many are still struggling to make it to the next. I hope you keep fighting. I hope you find the strength lean on what keeps you going. I hope those that didn't see today are at peace.

Happy New Year! I wish nothing but peace and clarity this year for everyone!

Happy New Year

We enter a new year today. Many did not make it to see this day. Many are still struggling to make it to the next. I hope you keep fighting.

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I had a conversation with a friend recently about this. His therapist is moving and he has to find a new one. This is someone that knows your whole world and helping you navigate it. I had the same therapist from high school until I moved for graduate school. She was there through hospitalizations, graduations, breakups, deaths, etc. I think we were both lucky to have someone there for us for almost a decade, but ending that relationship can be tough. Finding a good therapist can be just as daunting as dating. Who really wants to start over with re-telling their story and building that trust, but I think this can also show if you were truly progressing with them.

If you have been in this situation, how did you handle it?

Me, myself, and my therapist

I had a conversation with a friend recently about this. His therapist is moving and he has to find a new one. This is someone that knows you

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Sometimes you have a plan and life says "let's try something else." Some things I wished for, in hindsight, I'm glad they never came to fruition. For years, I shamed myself for dropping out of graduate school. Mentally and physically, I was spiraling downward. I couldn't imagine where I would be if I continued to allow myself to "push through" when I was suffering. It was two years after my mother died and the grief finally hit me. What help would I have been to anyone if I wasn't honest with myself? Falling doesn't mean you failed and the plan you set for yourself can always be adjusted.

Falling isn’t failing

Sometimes you have a plan and life says “let’s try something else.” Some things I wished for, in hindsight, I’m glad they never came to frui

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My job offers a lot of opportunities for career and personal development. Right now, I'm taking a mini course on potential. The first week, we talked about energy and emotional potential. I want to focus on emotional potential.

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Potential and perception

My job offers a lot of opportunities for career and personal development. Right now, I’m taking a mini course on potential. The first week,

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While forgiveness can lead to healing, it can also keep you stuck.

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Forgiveness is not mandatory

While forgiveness can lead to healing, it can also keep you stuck. When it comes to others, you can’t force people to accept responsibility.

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Over the last couple years, I've grown to understand how to manage my episodes better. This has been interesting because when I was younger, I lived with a fear that as I age it would get harder. Personally, learning how to manage bipolar episodes has been accepting preparation with flexibility.

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Preparation with flexibility

Over the last couple years, I’ve grown to understand how to manage my episodes better. This has been interesting because when I was younger,

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Life got busy and just trying to manage it all, I had to take a break. With the break, I learned the importance of saying yes. Yes to things I was afraid to do. Yes to new roles with my career. Yes to trying to maintain certain relationships. Yes to do what I want with my life.

Learning how to say no led to me finally saying yes to what matters to me. When you finally push out all the toxicity, heal from it, and can finally accept the breath of fresh air...you are opening yourself up to more opportunities.

I just want to say thank you to those that have reached out. I truly do appreciate it.

Saying yes

Life got busy and just trying to manage it all, I had to take a break. With the break, I learned the importance of saying yes. Yes to things

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To the fathers that are struggling with their mental illness. To the fathers that find inspiration and motivation to keep fighting for their children. To the fathers that continue to provide support to their children that are struggling with a mental illness.

Happy Father's Day. Enjoy your day.

Father’s Day

To the fathers that are struggling with their mental illness. To the fathers that find inspiration and motivation to keep fighting for their

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"Forgiveness is for you and no one else"

Learning to accept yourself for what you have done or finding forgiveness for someone that has wronged you in the past can be difficult but it's needed to move forward. At the end of the day, it is me carrying these emotions around which will constantly set me back with my mental health. Working through these feelings with a professional, I hope will help others find peace with the past.

Closure

“Forgiveness is for you and no one else” Learning to accept yourself for what you have done or finding forgiveness for someone that has wron

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"Sometimes I feel like I don't deserve to feel joy or love when I'm depressed. It is still hard to accept this but I'm learning how to."

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Worthy

“Sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve to feel joy or love when I’m depressed. It is still hard to accept this but I’m learning how to.” Ano

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May is an interesting month for me. May consist of Mother's Day, my mother's birthday, and around the time she got sick that led to her death.

Over the years since her death, I've gone through multiple emotions with this month. Sadness because I missed her. Anger because she left me. Envy for those that still had their living mother.

The last couple years, I've been at a place of solace. I've accepted her death as it was selfish of me to want her here when she was physically suffering. I've found peace with accepting that she is at peace now.

People have asked me in different ways how I've dealt with losing my parents. It's a process but you just learn to love and appreciate them in a different way.

Celebrating her

May is an interesting month for me. May consist of Mother’s Day, my mother’s birthday, and around the time she got sick that led to her deat

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Awareness is key to breaking the stigma that is associated with mental illnesses. This is also a time for people to share their stories of personally dealing with an mental illness or loving someone with an mental illness.

Awareness not only comes with education, but it comes with sympathy and/or empathy. To provide compassion or understand what someone is battling, will create more safe spaces for more people to be open about mental health.

This is one of the main reasons I started Mental Illness Taught Me. It allows me to share the good, bad, and ugly that comes with my own mental illnesses but also allow others to share as well. Sharing our stories, our victories and even our defeats allows a realistic picture to have honest discussions about mental health.

I encourage everyone to keep sharing. Please continue to share facts, stories and resources so hopefully we can get to a place where everyone feels comfortable being heard.

Just to be heard

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Awareness is key to breaking the stigma that is associated with mental illnesses. This is also a time

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