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Through interviews with and essays from individuals who battle mental illness, read on for authentic insight into having a mental illness. Want to help #BreaktheStigma against mental illness? Contact me to share your story!

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Break the Stigma: International OCD Awareness Week

October 15, 2021October 21, 2021 sammicaramela

This week, October 10-16, 2021, is known as International OCD Awareness Week, and I couldn’t find a better time to break the stigma of this highly debilitating disorder. Continue reading Break the Stigma: International OCD Awareness Week

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Break the Stigma: The Many Faces of OCD

October 1, 2019July 8, 2021 sammicaramela

“I remember wanting to go to sleep and never wake up. I felt as though my internal world and external world were two completely different places.” Continue reading Break the Stigma: The Many Faces of OCD

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Break the Stigma: Living (and Loving) with Relationship-OCD

July 31, 2019July 8, 2021 sammicaramela

What if being in an amazing relationship, loving someone who shares those same feelings for you, only causes you pain? Continue reading Break the Stigma: Living (and Loving) with Relationship-OCD

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Break the Stigma: Battling the Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression

January 10, 2019July 8, 2021 sammicaramela

I just wanted to disappear and not exist anymore. I felt like everyone’s life would be better without me in it. Continue reading Break the Stigma: Battling the Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression

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Break the Stigma: Anxiety, Mood Swings, and Addiction

October 8, 2018July 8, 2021 sammicaramela

I could feel myself beginning to slip; if this went on much longer, I was going to lose everything, quite literally. Continue reading Break the Stigma: Anxiety, Mood Swings, and Addiction

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Break the Stigma: Q&A on Anxiety-Induced Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

October 2, 2018July 8, 2021 sammicaramela

“The worst part was going back to school and everyone asking me if I was ‘the girl who had a seizure.'” Continue reading Break the Stigma: Q&A on Anxiety-Induced Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

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