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At Black Bear, we share informative articles and personal stories about struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
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Maria Hayes
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Sep 28
Shhh… My Demons Are Sleeping
Don’t wake the thoughts that keep me from living
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Starting Afresh 65
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Sep 26
My Unexpected Journey Through Electro-Convulsive Therapy
From resistance to recovery
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Julio Angel Rivera
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Sep 24
What If I Were To Hurt Myself?
Living with lifetimes of suicidal ideation
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Francesca Dallaglio
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Sep 20
I Don’t Know Who I’ll Become Without Psychiatric Meds
And I’m afraid of that person
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Dawn D
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Sep 16
I’m The Finder Of Suicide Notes
Oh how I wish I wasn’t
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Leonard Tillerman
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Sep 11
If My Mother Was Alive Today
This is what I would say to her
“She did the best she could…
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Becca CO 🌵
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Sep 6
The Generational Impacts of Suicide
I feel the hole left by the loss of my grandmother decades after…
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Francesca Dallaglio
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Sep 5
I Need To Start A Diet, But It Would Exacerbate My Mental Illness
My OCD would go crazy
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Nicole Dake
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Sep 2
September 2024 is Suicide Prevention Month
The mental health crisis stems in part from a lack of…
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Becca CO 🌵
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Sep 1
6.21.17
A poetic tribute to a lost friend
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