Finding Your Marbles
A Mental Health Survival Guide

We’re swamped this week with putting our house up for sale, so I haven’t had any time to write an article for today. So instead I’m going to share one of my favorite Youtube videos.

Have a great weekend.

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April 5th is Blog Against Sexual Violence Day. For my contribution I am sharing a short poem written by a rape survivor. The poem is called: “I’m Right Here.” You can find links to the other articles at Abyss2Hope.

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On Thursday, April 5, 2007, I will be participating in Blog Against Sexual Violence Day as part of the national 2007 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault. This year, the national slogan for the campaign is “Prevent Sexual Violence…in our communities.”

Participating blogs, including Finding Your Marbles, will be posting articles related to the campaign theme.

If you are a blogger and you would like to participate in the Blog Against Sexual Violence event on Thursday April 5, please either contact me directly or visit the campaign homepage at Abyss2Hope.

If you are a rape survivor, or if you just want to learn more about sexual assault, then I invite you to drop by Finding Your Marbles on April 5th to read my article. I will also be posting links to the other articles in the campaign.

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Trent over at The Simple Dollar wrote this great article about how to cook family meals when you are exhausted or stressed out. It’s a great (and short) article with lots of good advice. Also make sure you check the comments for more good cooking solutions.

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Bipolar Disorder is a very frustrating and terrifying illness. People with bipolar can feel terrifyingly out of control, and even with medication, bipolar people rarely feel “normal.”

Because bipolar disorder can make such a mess of your emotions and your mind, it is very difficult for people with bipolar to express their fears and frustrations, and even more difficult for their friends and family to understand them. Bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses, and bipolar sufferers can end up tragically marginalized by society.

Boris Donlin’s photo essay “Catching a Darkness” tells the story of his sister’s struggle with bipolar disorder, which ended tragically in suicide. It is a touching and sometimes terrifying look into one woman’s struggle with this illness, from the perspective of her baby brother.

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I was talking to a depressed friend of mine a couple of years ago. She was almost entirely crippled by her depression and she could barely cope at work. I asked her why she wouldn’t tell her boss about her depression. Her reply,

“I can’t talk about it. Nobody talks about it. You just don’t bring it up here.”

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