Road to recovery from mental health illnesses
“She’ll be just like her dad when she grows up,” or “she doesn’t know how to be social or talk to people.” Common quotes I would hear from my relatives as an 8 year old kid. Can you expect all 8 year old children to be extroverted and talkative? No! Condescending tones is what I …
Since the time I could remember, there has been domestic violence in the house. My dad has abused my mom physically, verbally and sexually. He has physically and verbally abused my brother and has verbally abused me. My dad has spit in my mom’s face due to his anger, shoved her, pushed her and I …
Almost all cultures around the world seem to have a stigma that comes with mental health. An illusion that mental health issues are not a REAL illness, that it is shameful to acknowledge you have a mental health illness or my personal favorite, the mental health illness is “ALL IN YOUR HEAD.” Now I’m not …
This blog will be on my journey of mental health illness.