Staying Positive While Living With Lupus People often ask me how I stay positive when I have so many health issues to worry about. The truth is, I don’t worry about my health issues. I don’t have a lot of control over most of these issues, so I leave the worrying to my…
5 Offbeat Steps to Boost Mental Health By Nellie Russell In the spring of 2008, after having suffered a major psychotic episode, I reached a tipping point on my road to recovery. I had struggled with my mental health, including bipolar, borderline, and obsessive compulsive disorders, since the late 90’s. However, that summer was…
More than one out of every 100 deaths is by suicide. That is more people than die in car accidents [source]. And more than 80 percent of Americans diagnosed with clinical depression are not getting any treatment for it [source]. Studies have shown that one of the key barriers to people seeking treatment is the…
