I saw an overuse of sedatives, not only on myself. I’ve never seen so many people together that appeared medically sedated. Everyone was so groggy and out of it.
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Being disabled means that I don’t have the same 24 hours that non-disabled people seem to have.
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Why do schools make it so much harder for students with mental illness and disabilities?
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Hardships aren’t going to have mercy on you, so don’t have mercy on them.
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Give your mind and emotions 24 hours to process the information.
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The downside of having lifelong friends is that they have witnessed your awkward exploratory moments.
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“I am an African-American woman with social anxiety… The thought of having the police called on me makes it harder for me to grow.”
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“Getting help for mental health is not enough. We live in a world where people don't want to live in it anymore. We need to change the world.”
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For me, it appears that everyone else’s brain purchased wi-fi, and I only had enough money for dial-up.
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Another professor blamed his entire class for student suicides, saying we didn't care enough about one another.
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I have to start fresh now, I have to start new, and hopefully this doesn’t come back to haunt me.
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You and I both know that mental illness doesn’t follow a schedule.
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More than anything, I wanted to continue my education.
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“I think it’s wonderful that there are people at other schools working toward the same goals of ending the stigma around mental health issues and eating disorders,” Hannah said.
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"The asylum thus becomes a convenient place to ship those who could no longer be taken care of by family members, hospitals, or boarding homes; and was not reflective of the ‘true’ insane who needed caretaking."
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HR 620 will take away the civil rights of people with disabilities.
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“They put him in a horrific rubber room and basically just left him there."
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"That was me this time last year. I felt like an utter failure and like I had no purpose in living."
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To those who are down here with me, feeling like cowards in quiet, I hear you too and I love you.
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I will continue to share my story -- today, awareness week, and all year round. For the woman who hid for 40 years. For the eight year old girl who just started pulling out her hair... For my 14 year old self who felt like she was living a double life.
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