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Robin Cunningham

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posted 10/06/2008, comments (2)

Choices in Recovery - Summary of Past Submissions

My mini-series of blogs focusing on Choices in Recovery was set aside temporarily when I was asked to write a series of blogs on the unusual Coping Skills that my first psychiatrist taught me some forty plus years ago. The series of blogs on coping skills began with "Ad hoc Blog on Coping Skills" posted on 30 December 2007 and was... Read more Chevron

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Hello, I am a young female who is diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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posted 10/01/2008, comments (5)

My Own Stigma

How I feel about living with schizophrenia varies. I am not upset at myself for having the illness and I am not in denial. I am more shocked about the diagnosis because I wish I saw the signs. I do have my own stigma though... I am concerned about how it will affect my intimate life. I wonder if it would be harder to find a... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/29/2008, comments (4)

Personal Advocacy - Representation

When someone mentions advocacy for the mentally ill, what comes to mind for most people are organizations focused on lobbying congress and educating the general public. Each of these endeavors is worthy of lengthy discussion, but neither provide what I would consider to be "personal advocacy." Personal advocacy is taking up... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/24/2008, comments (7)

bummed out

I am listening to Tom Petty sing "American Girl" and it cheers me up a little. Even when his lyrics are downbeat, his music is so upbeat I love to sing along. So what bums me out? Perhaps this is not the right venue, but I am feeling lonely tonight and just want to blog about it. My mom is a Christian. A very... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/08/2008, comments (5)

Living Heroes

In the next week or two, I will resume my series of blogs called Choices in Recovery. In one of his recent interviews, John McCain talked about the effect on his life of having endured six years of torture and isolation, of living in a 4' x 6' North Vietnamese prison cell. He said he matured during this period when he came to... Read more Chevron

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