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My last blog post-“hashtags as agents for social change” link in bio. People with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder can recover. All can be redeemed. #schizophrenia #schizophreniarecovery #schizoaffective #schizoaffectiverecovery #bipolarrecovery #allcanchange #recovery #mentalhealthrecovery #alifeworthliving #hopeisreal #recoveryisreal #schizophreniawarrior #schizoaffectivewarrior #mentalhealthpride #madpride #bethechange #focusonthegood #schizophreniaawareness #mentalhealthblogger #mentalhealing #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalstrength #mentalhealthmatters #stopthestigma #nostigma https://www.instagram.com/p/Brkj_24B2_F/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=61hm3pihv9kc

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This is the poem I read during an activity at work. What we discussed, “Do you feel like your heart needs to wake up? What does your heart need? Have you ever been told to sit down when you had good questions? Who tells you to sit down? What do you do when you feel invalidated?” Good questions with hard answers. It’s good to receive outside validation but ultimately it needs to come from ourselves. We must make our own way, with our higher power’s help. Poetry can express feelings and concept in a way that regular prose sometimes can’t. My heart needs community and avenues for joy. I’ve been struggling with sadness after more school shootings. It seems like sadness is the right answer but then I think of all the terrible things that happen every single day. The news should compel us to act but I think we need to resist the urge to let it deny us our joy - when that’s gone, there’s no saving. Awful things have always happened, we just didn’t have the same level of constant bombardment. I’m just about to leave to attend a drumming activity - the drumming will wake my heart up, which is what it needs. #poetry #maryoliver #bethegood #focusonthegood #joy #validation #spirituality #art #emotions #mentalhealth #recovery #depressionrecovery #anxietyrecovery #bpdrecovery #edrecovery #bipolarrecovery #ocdrecovery #schizoaffectiverecovery

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“Stiletto” - my favorite Drag Queen at OutlantaCon - I just love being around weird people. There was a time when I wanted to be “normal” so badly. It never happened. I’m in remission from my BPD; I’m mentally healthy again, but I wouldn’t say I’m normal. Lol. And thank god. I don’t think I would be as happy with myself if I was. To be a nerd, is to have passion and to know joy. If it looks weird to regular people, then oh well. I’m sure normal people make more money and have an easier time finding jobs and partners, but then, maybe not. I suspect there are really no “normal” people, but the ones who embrace their inner weirdness are probably a lot more content. #nerdsunite #outlantacon2018 #stiletto #dragqueens #atlanta #puppetry #myboyfriendsback #weirdos #nerdshavemorefun #acceptance #selflove #mentalhealth #recovery #anxietyrecovery #bpdrecovery #depressionrecovery #schizoaffectiverecovery #edrecovery #ocdrecovery #panicrecovery #bipolarrecovery #joy #lifeisgood #alifeworthliving