I Almost Lost One Of My Cats To Lily Poisoning

Lily poisoning is no joke. My smallest cat, Misha, is a serial plant killer. We bought her and Tippy a catnip grass plant, and they destroyed it in about a week. She likes to dig her little face into the dirt and uproot the plant. All I know is, she didn’t learn this destructive behavior…

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Summer Anxiety & My New Mental Health Struggle

Hey, guys. You’re probably wondering why I haven’t been around lately. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t doing so well up until recently. I’ve got a hefty bit of summer anxiety. This summer is going to determine whether or not my dad will live past a year. He went to the Mayo Clinic for…

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The Mentally Ill Person’s Guide To Jury Duty

Many of you may remember my post from July of 2015 titled Jury Duty For The Mentally Ill: Are You Fit To Serve?. In it, I asked an important question: does mental illness disqualify you from jury duty in the United States?   After receiving a summons for jury duty and calling in every Tuesday,…

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Bernie Sanders Made A Joke About Mental Illness

Dear Bernie Sanders: Mental Illness Is Not A Joke     Someone’s feeling the Bern, and it just happens to be Sanders himself.   Bernie Sanders made a joke about mental illness at last night’s Democratic debate, implying that the GOP candidates’ behavior was the result of mental illness. Here’s the joke in his own…

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