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Mental Health by Christi Anne Ng • January 5, 2020 *Content Warning: This piece contains a reference to suicide, which may be triggering to some.* Someone asked me recently what advice would I give to a person newly diagnosed with mental illness. That question has stuck with me since. It’s a tough one. Takes a lot of thought to answer. I think about what I wished someone had told me when I first was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But I’m not sure I cared at the time.
Mental Health by Amber Kimberling • January 5, 2020 “Mom, I have cancer,” I declared loudly at nine years old when I had a swollen lymph node and was thoroughly convinced that I had lymphoma and was going to die. It took four doctor visits to reassure me that I was not dying. Around 14 I started having panic attacks and was convinced that I had asthma and was going to die from an attack because I did not have medication.
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