“Major depressive disorder affects approximately 17.3 million American adults, or about 7.1% of the U.S. population age 18 and older, in a given year. (National Institute of Mental Health “Major Depression”, 2017)”
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Dopamine. The word alone gives people the warm and fuzzies. But do you know what it is and what role it plays in your mental health?
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For me (and I’m not proud of this) mental health was always something that was for weak people, for the snowflakes that couldn’t handle their shit.
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It’s not super comfortable for me to post a no makeup, hair-like-it-is type photo but I think this is a good opportunity to talk about labels.
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This photo was taken just a year or two before my recovery began.
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It’s like my brain has a bit of a stomach ache.
Or like my heart has a headache.
My stomach has the sniffles.
I am weary.
Some days are like this.
I have enough co-annoying disorders and invisible illnesses that I can’t necessarily point to one and give it all the blame. I also wear a lot of hats (figuratively).
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