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How To Have A Mental Illness In 11 Easy Steps
ahisgett Mental illness is in right now. What started with Britney shaving her head has evolved into a cultural movement. Glenn Close has spoken out about it, Michael Angelekos (lead singer of Passion...
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How To Feel Good
TC Flickr If you’re anything like me you’re in your late 20s with a patchy beard, a dislike of wearing shoes you have to tie the laces of, a growing affinity towards clothing that makes you feel...
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Why Don’t We Treat Our People Like We Treat Our Dogs?
C’mere boy, yes you’re a good boy aren’t you? Oh you’re going to lick my face? Oh, who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? Yes you’re a good boy. I often find myself perplexed by the behavior of my fellow...
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Why I Reject The Idea Of Hooking Up
TC Flickr I’ve heard from a number of various sources that among the culture of 20-something courtship, the idea of actual, formal dating is dead. It has been replaced by group hangouts and nights out...
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On Seeing Your Crazy Neighbor From 6 Years Ago
The typical 20-something will, by this point in their lives, have lived in several different spaces in any number of locales, in any number of different living arrangements. There are friends, there...
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How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Normal
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 20 years old. It developed slowly at first with strange notions that my friends didn’t understand me and had some agenda against me. I thought I was...
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An Interview With Myself Regarding The Release Of My eBook, ‘Schizophrenic...
Buy Michael’s eBook, “Schizophrenic Connections,” here. It’s a gray day in Denver, Colorado. The forecast calls for snow tomorrow and, although people are out, there is a distinct echoing in the city...
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I Am Not Some Broken Thing
Sympathy is earned through a measure of struggle, pain, and vulnerability. In showing these things to another person, you show who you are. This is the true you. This is the you only you know who...
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On Seeing Others Who Are Suffering
As someone with a disability, there are times in my week when I’m faced with the inevitable sentence of my diagnosis. These times are marked by moments when I can tell something isn’t right with my...
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In Defense Of Boredom
We are restless creatures. We struggle to fill our time, either with menial tasks that may or may not have any impact, or with a barrage of entertainment flowing from endless screens into our...
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How To Be A Wildman
It was John Muir who once said “Going to the woods is going home”. There’s a sense of calm in the midst of thousands of acres of trees that grow up around you, swallowing you whole, quieting not only...
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How To Be Anonymous
The world is too big. There are too many thoughts. Too many feelings. There’s just too much for one soul to bear. Paranoia is defined by Merriam Webster as a mental condition characterized by delusions...
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How To Be Real
The story opens on the scene of a house party, maybe a college house party, but given the circumstances it’s most likely a high-school party. There are groups of young men and women corralling together...
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How To Help A Friend Who’s Going Crazy
It usually presents itself with a furrowed brow. Maybe the eye contact isn’t the same as it used to be. Jokes don’t come easy and the conversation is hard. There’s something wrong and you just want...
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How To Stop Questioning Everything And Go With The Flow
I’m turning 28 in a matter of days. My twenties are almost over and although I have some small successes to show for it I’m still nowhere near where I thought I’d be by this age. Of course there have...
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How To Not Be Completely Destroyed By Rejection
It starts simply, with a call or text that isn’t returned, then a period of a couple days where nothing happens and you start to worry. It’s easy to spot the signals of rejection when they present...
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The Baggage People Carry
We all go through life carrying things. These are things that bother us or have bothered us at some point, things that we grasped hold of a long time ago that we can’t seem to let go, and things that...
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Are Realationship Games Just Games, Or Do They Mean Something More?
Relationships are fraught with ups and downs, lefts and rights. The game of relationships is a thing, which although puzzling at times, is something that we all have to go through. Many times we get...
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On Depression
I feel like I should open this article with a grand sweeping phrase that encompasses the enormity of life. It would be something like “Life is a mystery” or “The world is too big” but those don’t seem...
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It’s Okay To Be Happy With A Simple Life
Every one of us is looking for that next thing. Maybe it’s a relationship, maybe it’s the next big step in our careers, or maybe it’s the next city we want to experience. An integral part of being in...
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