Overcoming Schizophrenia Blog

By Ashley Smith Monday, September 08, 2008

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Hello everyone I am new to this group, and the whole blogging thing. Recently I created a blog dedicated to schizophrenia, and I would like you to check it out and give me your feedback.

The blog is aimed at sharing my experience with schizophrenia and giving information about the illness. Through this blog I hope to educate and inspire people living with schizophrenia or for people who want to know more information.

Please check out my blog at http://overcomingschizophrenia.blogspot.com

What do you think about the information? Can you give me ideas for the blog? Will you leave a comment.

Thank you for your support!

Ashley

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Chris

9/ 8/08 2:16pm

Hello Ashley,

Wow..Congratulations!

Have been so aware of your strength and input straight away since you joined the Connection recently. Such a powerful honest voice , so clear in your message of your personal journey.

I also am a new 'poster ', trying to learn, and as someone who has and is 'living alongside', just like your parents your post makes for a tremendously heartening and courageous read.

Your new blog, just visited ,is very impressive and will hopefully help educate and cut against prejudice, so often born out of fear of the unknown.

Keep posting please

Chris

Ashley Smith

9/ 8/08 4:44pm

Hello Chris,

I am grateful for your comments, they make me feel really good about myself. The purpose of the blog is to educate and inspire those living with illness, and friends and family of those with the illness.

On one post, Do I Have Schizophrenia, I was able to reach out to someone who did not know anything about the illness, that made me feel like I had accomplished something.

Please continue to visit the site, I post regularly, and feel free to make suggestions.

Thanks,

Ashley

Janet

9/ 8/08 2:35pm

Welcome to this site Ashly. You are one very wise person and I thank you for sharing your story with us. I found I could relate to your blog. You should look into getting some sort of job where you go to different organizations or places and tell your story. By doing so not only would you be getting your story out there you would be doing a great service to anyone who has a major mental illness such as schizophrenia.

Ashley Smith

9/ 8/08 4:34pm

Thank you, Janet, for your feedback. I have thought about sharing my story with different organizations so that they may know more about schizophrenia. I guest I could start with the school system, by visiting psychology classes. Thanks for the encouragement and advice. By the way, I post regularly on the blog so drop by sometime to see new posts.

Sincerely,

Ashley

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