We are what we make of ourselves. And our disease is what we present it to be. If you behave badly and use your mental illness as an excuse, you are helping to propel the stigma of mental illness forward. If I only know one person with BPD and that person makes bad decision after [...]
Build Up, Put Down
Posted April 22nd 2013 by kmarrsCalling the weather “Bi-polar” is akin to calling a situation gay or retarded. No, hear me. Weather is not a sentient being. It does not have feelings or moods. So saying its behavior is “bi-polar” and meaning it as a put down or a sign of craziness, is demeaning to those who have bi-polar, or [...]
Should You Read This
Posted February 9th 2013 by kmarrsYou’re right, it is only 30 something degrees outside. But I don’t feel the cold. What I do feel is formal shoes tearing my feet apart. I have bad feet, just as I have bad joints, and a misfiring brain. So I do not feel the cold, but I feel the way my work shoes [...]
So Much Heat
Posted December 19th 2012 by kmarrsIn the days that have followed the school shooting, so much has been thrown around, fueled by anger. The anti-gun people, the mental health system needs fixed people, the don’t blame the mentally ill people. Everyone has something to yell about. While I don’t have a single thing I want to take back, I do [...]
TURN OFF THE NEWS…….
Posted December 15th 2012 by kmarrsThis is what Morgan Freeman has to say about the shooting on Friday. He has it so very right. (Edit: turns out it isn’t Mr Freeman. All very right.) “You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here’s why. It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and [...]
This is a Mental Health Issue
Posted December 15th 2012 by kmarrsI remember when I learned about Columbine. I was sitting in my living room, about 15 years old, in High school myself, when Total Request Live with Carson Daily was interrupted for breaking news. I sat there in shock, horror and awe. As I finished through high school, shootings weren’t common, but they were a [...]
Thank God I Don’t Aim To Be Popular
Posted December 14th 2012 by kmarrsOk. So “OMG WHEEE” of the royal pregnancy aside, the real drama llama of the situation is the prank call. There are two parties to this: The radio DJ’s and the hospital. The DJ’s? Never excepted to be put through. Of course they didn’t. Who in their right mind would have actually thought they could [...]
