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There are worms in my ear

Yes. Well, at least I feel there are worms in my ear. I also feel spiders crawling on my toes. I was lying down, for the third time, and...

Stupid, Lazy, Crazy and a “Retard”

I was under a lot of stress before I got bipolar. The symptoms were flaring up and I constantly felt the pressure of a monster I had no...

Six Silly Mental Illness Myths

As if mental illness wasn’t hard enough to treat already, now there are six foolish misconceptions I’ve seen time and again. These pieces...

“Just pray more”

How many of you have heard this line or “miracle cure” before? Too many of us and much too often. Funny thing about this mental illness...

“Call the shaykh! There’s a jinn in her!”

The belief that mental problems are attributed to a lack of faith, spirit possession, bad karma, and the evil eye is strongly engrained...

“It’s all my fault”

“It’s all my fault.” This misconception around mental illness makes us believe that we spilled the coffee when in actuality, it was the...

“You’re just weak!”

I thought this comment “You’re just weak” was just something I only heard. I thought it was just something people said to the mentally...