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    "If you'd wanted it": The year I went crazy

    JULY 19, 2012 7:40AM

    By Christopher Records


    Topics: health, bipolar, depression, teenage

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 3951 Views
    • 94 Comments
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    Some Interesting Truths About Mental Illness,from a survivor

    JUNE 25, 2012 9:38AM

    By James M. Emmerling


    Topics: bipolar, mental illness

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 1670 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Pre-existing Condition

    MARCH 29, 2012 5:05PM

    By jennipenni


    Topics: open call, medication, eating disorder, anorexia, mental health, bipolar, health care, obamacare story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2564 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    A Little Bit Bipolar

    APRIL 26, 2011 10:06AM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: mental health, mental illness, custody evaluation, divorce, demi lovato, catherine zeta-jones, antidepressants, lamictal, cyclothymia, bipolar ii, bipolar

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2322 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Book Review: Loud in the House of Myself, by Stacy Pershall

    JANUARY 25, 2011 6:47PM

    By Zella


    Topics: borderline, anorexia, bipolar, mental illness, tattoos, book review, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 5052 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    About My Bipolar Daughter (Part 2)

    OCTOBER 11, 2010 2:03PM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: tough love, alcohol abuse, parenting, mental illness, bipolar, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3606 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    About My Bipolar Daughter (Part 1)

    OCTOBER 11, 2010 2:02PM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: bipolar, mental illness, parenting, alcohol abuse, love, tough love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 6828 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    The Difference Between Happiness and Joy

    MARCH 25, 2010 1:02PM

    By Living with Caer


    Topics: happiness, belief/religion, health, true story, open call, family, books, belief and religion, joy, bipolar, zoloft, prozac, medication, tender mercies, crazy heart, robert duvall

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 6493 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Psych Ward Stories( II): "He's chained to the tree"

    JULY 29, 2009 1:24AM

    By grif -


    Topics: schizophrenia, peace out, nicaragua, psychiatry, chained to tree, bipolar, manic depression

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 4125 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Funny, They Don't LOOK Disabled: Invisible Disabilities

    JULY 27, 2009 8:56PM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: disability, invisible disabilities, adhd, parenting, lovely life, psychiatric illness, mental health, bipolar, my friend beth finke and her son gus, group home, my kids are not assholes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 62 Ratings
    • 18798 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    Why I Wrote the Bipolar Child Story

    APRIL 7, 2009 10:33PM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: bipolar, parenting, love, teenagers, conflict, domestic abuse, metaphor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 82 Ratings
    • 36194 Views
    • 96 Comments
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    Why I Hate My Bipolar Child

    MARCH 14, 2009 11:18AM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: ambivalence, hate, love, children, parenting, mood disorder, bipolar

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