Word Sandwich

A Consumer Advocate for mental health and a published poet, who writes under the pen name "Summer Breeze". She is someone who is always looking for the better tasting word or a delicious turn of phrase. Someone who appreciates seasoned speech. Welcome to Word Sandwich. ... #poems #poetry #poems about mental illness #mental health #by Summer Breeze #poets on tumblr

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Autistic Adults

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the sick realization that i have always been the odd one in the group. i just didn’t realize it

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be warned that if you teach me a new word or phrase, I will use it repeatedly for the next 736372 days

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This list is meant as a springboard for discussion and more awareness into the female experience with autism. By Samantha Craft Females with Autism: An Un

Samantha Craft has created an unofficial checklist for females on the autism spectrum. Included at the end of this blog post are a couple online quizzes - the Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Aspie Quiz

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THE BATTLE WITHIN by Summer Breeze

Hold your breath. Close your eyes. The battle wages within.

Inhale. Exhale. Open your eyes. Try not to show the battle within.

Wash your face. Brush your teeth. Leave no hint of the battle within.

Remember to smile. Answer questions politely. People don’t notice the battle within.

Keep your appointments. Take your medication. It’s all imaginary within.

Ignore the voices. Resist their commands. Do not listen to the battle within.

No one else cares. They are busy with their own lives. You alone must battle within.

(By Summer Breeze)

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Aw Shucks!: Poems about living with a mental illness. - Kindle edition by Summer Breeze. A collection of poems documenting the author's battle with mental illness. These poems trace her journey from psychiatric diagnosis to living in recovery.

One reader wrote: “Those of us who consider ourselves normal should read these poems. Some show us that we have similar experiences….. hiding in the shadows.”

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HOSPITAL MY A$$

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 They say this is a hospital

But all the doors are locked.

There are bars on the windows,

And they will not let us out.

They say this is a hospital, 

But I think they’re putting us on.

There are no TV’s in our rooms.

In our rooms, there are no phones.

They say this is a hospital,

But I see no get-well cards.

Beside the beds, I see no flowers

No not even one damn card!

Why am I a prisoner

Of this “hospital” ward?

Just because my brain is different,

Does not mean I need a guard.

We go outside for half an hour.

They take us out to the yard.

Even convicts get an hour.

Why are they treating us so hard?

Why have they taken away my freedom?

I’m a citizen.  Don’t they know!

You cannot hold me hostage.

I am innocent.  Let. Me.  Go!!

Merely,  because my brain is different,

Visions, voices and all the rest…

The Reality Police

Can put me under arrest!?

There are padlocks on the windows.

The metal doors are hard as nails.

They call this place a hospital?

Well, I call it FUCKING JAIL!

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SFWA Names Nalo Hopkinson as the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has named Nalo Hopkinson as the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master. The award is one of the genre’s highest honors, and Hopkinson joins the rank…

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With Support from Lady Gaga Mental Health First Aid expands to 20 more High Schools 

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4 Areas for Improving Mental Health Care in America, Pt.1

How can consumers of mental health services and their family members improve the delivery of mental healthcare in America? This 4 part video series explores ...

Who listens to us? I mean really listens? 

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5 Ways The U.S. Mental Health Care System Is In Crisis

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How young writers are leading a poetry comeback

Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years.

Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years.

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Aspergers & Friendship #4

Tips on how to get along in your relationship, with your friend, who is living on the Autism spectrum. Do you and your Aspie friend share a sense of humor?

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More tips for deepening your relationship and bonding with someone who has Asperger Syndrome. There may be some things that you expect from your partner in a relationship that might not even occur to  your Aspie friend.  Not everyone living on the Autism Spectrum is alike. (That's why they call it a spectrum.)  But here is my take on what it has been like for me.http://bit.ly/AspieTip3

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Aspergers & Friendship Tip#2

Tips on how to get along in your relationship, with your friend, who is living on the Autism spectrum.  http://bit.ly/AspieTip2