So here's the deal. I'm a mental health professional, schooled in the traditional mental health counseling method. I've been doing this for about 8 years now, and in my estimation, the traditional way doesn't work for everyone.

Some in my field would disagree, and say that we need to continue to work this way. My gut tells me that there have to be more and better ways to help people improve and get better.

So my question to you is this: If you could change something about menta... Read More

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I made a poster about Stigma with ripped up pieces of magazines. Words, photos and a deeper meaning of who I am. What has my mind and heart  turning gears with a few broken spikes.

This is the story in the poster, my story!

Left to right.

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When day meets night felt like

I can't get through

without

Love and Hate

running out of hope and running out of patience

was overwhelming ... Read More

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well, its official, my depression is back full blown after being diagnosed back in January....this is never gonna leave me alone will it??? i have an emergency shrink appt in the AM and there might be more meds added or my original meds increased,.....who knows.....whatever it is, this is scary and i am scared....i thought i had this licked back in July but NOPE....its still a struggle.....what if i dont get better??? this is a sad state of affairs.....i just want to be normal....

I JU... Read More

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 i will go out and make some contacts with people about i having mental illness, oh, wait, this is something i have already done. when i finally decided to share what i have lived with all my life and how certain things affect me. you should have seen the look on their faces and i mean at work and relatives on my wife's side of the family.

  but, you know what it didn't last long due to i not giving them any impressions i was any different now then i was before. the deeper i... Read More

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http://www.latimes.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=f41 491ea-d9fb-4bd6-9b75-3be5df4e7 e7b&src=front

This is about 7 minutes long and will blow you away.  There is an accompanying article, but the video speaks for itself.

And again, thank you Joey for this site, and for the great stuff in Iraq.  The UStream was amazing.

<------------Joey in Iraq!  Can't believe I found this emoticon!

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