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Powerful words: Hope, Altruism, Curiosity, Care, Tolerance, Kindness and so many ‘good’ labels. Today there is an article in The Guardian about Geel. Having Googled Geel, this goes back to “1969” Time article and maybe we should review it because mental illness is a blight in our country and festering out of control as psychiatrists, nurses just will not engage with what his a cinderella experience and are emigrating or choosing to work in different areas in medicine. Title from Time magazine has a catchy title. “Mental Illness: A Town for Outpatients.” There are many of us who could have been in long term care but escaped to a “village” within a urban setting that accepts us.

Mental Illness: A Town for Outpatients Friday, Mar. 14, 1969 Follow @TIME On the surface, Geel looks like any other country town in northern Belgium. Its cobbled marketplace is surrounded by 15th century homes and shops; its neat brick farmhouses … Continue reading

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Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness. Source: The Good Men Project

GET DAILY EMAIL JOIN/LOGIN  togle menu The Good Men Project https://033e7855f6d0fba628a09ee2cc040ab0.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Home / Featured Content / Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness Confiding in someone is … Continue reading

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This Is What It’s Like to Be Obsessed With Perfection. Source (Glamour) This can be the most deception of OCD’s hidden deep, from early childhood, in the deep psyche of the person causing relentless harm, without anyone really understanding.

This Is What It’s Like to Be Obsessed With Perfection From the outside, my life looked perfect. But in reality I was locked in a fierce battle with OCD, constantly struggling with intrusive thoughts. Glamour Read when you’ve got time … Continue reading

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