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Tag: parenting with mental illness

Momming is Hard… Especially with Mental Illness

Momming… you know, like adulting, but with more responsibility, higher stakes, and less opportunity to whine about having to do it… is hard.

Melinda VanRy Defying Shadows 2 Comments May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 4 Minutes

No, I’m NOT mentally ill! I just don’t want to be alive

It broke my heart that my mom never got the help she needed. What would it take for me to seek the help I didn't think I needed?

Melinda VanRy Defying Shadows 3 Comments March 10, 2017March 9, 2017 4 Minutes

When We’re a Danger to Ourselves… and Others

When I'm a Danger to Myself... and Others

I had no desire to get help to save my life, but I wasn't the only one at risk.

Melinda VanRy Defying Shadows 5 Comments February 9, 2017March 21, 2017 5 Minutes

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