The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts The mental healthcare system can feel like a lot of waiting sometimes. Providers often book up and book out, sometimes for months in advance. Add in the holiday season and it feels like I’ll be waiting forever to …
What’s Next In My Mental Health Recovery?
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation. Glenn Close So. I just found out that I have ADHD-I (and a bunch of other stuff !) and I’m pissed. I also felt something else, though, besides the anger. I had hope! Real hope! ADHD is misunderstood and often underdiagnosed and …
My Official Mental Health Diagnosis
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation. Eudora Welty At some point in the early aughts, I asked a provider that I was seeing if we could please finally find out what was wrong with …