Life After Mental Illness

Why I’m taking it minute by minute

Sara Dempsey
Nov 2 · 5 min read
Image by mdgrafik0 via Pixabay

I have not always been mentally ill. I am currently not what I consider to be mentally ill. But in the past, I have been very mentally ill.

It began about 4 years back. It lasted for 2. It involved life and death. Life being my daughter, death being the person I used to be. On one of my many, horrific days, my mother sat me down and…

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Invisible Illness

We don't talk enough about mental health.

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