What Does Mental Illness Look Like?
Mental illness looks very different not only from person to person, but day to day for each person. When you see me out and about, you most likely see me…
Christina Gleason
Why Does Therapy Have to Hurt Before It Helps?
It doesn’t matter whether the therapy is for your body or your mind; it seems that it always hurts before you can get better. Athletes who tear a leg muscle…
I Am an Autistic Person
If you weren’t already aware, I have Asperger Syndrome, which is a form of autism. I thought I should make that clear, seeing how April is Autism Awareness Month. So…
The Right to Not Grow a Thicker Skin
The timing of this post comes in response to the latest mom blogger drama caused by what I’m going to refer to as the KFC incident, but the precipitating event…
You Will Not Shame Me – The Stigma of Mental Illness and Prescription Drugs
This post started with a phone call from a television producer. “We’re doing a show about ‘Moms on Medication,’ and we got your name as someone who might be interested…