The Beginner’s Guide to Living With Mental Illness

A repository for articles about life with a broken brain.

Matthew Maniaci
Nov 1 · 4 min read
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Living with mental illness is hard. There is a lot of struggle and self-care that goes into it, and — let’s be real here — not all of us survive it.

That said, there are a lot of things that you can do to make life easier when you have a mental illness. I…

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Matthew Maniaci

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Living with and talking about mental illness in an open, honest way to help break down stigma. I was one of those suicidal kids you read about. He/him/his.

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