Movie Review - Inside Out

Pixar has done it again. They have created a movie with well-developed, wonderful characters we can all relate to, empathize and fall in love with wrapped in a story that strikes close to our heart. This story is titled Inside Out.

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Out of Sorts - Preparing for the Next Manic Depressive Season

Over the last several days, I have really felt out of sorts lately and I haven't been able to peg it; that is until this morning. As I was getting ready for work this morning I was feeling frustrated and agitated at the bad dreams I've been having lately. Sleep is sometimes the only way to escape the thoughts running through my head. When I have bad dreams, I just don't feel rested or feel like I've had a chance to reboot my mind.

ER Discriminatory Behavior Toward Patients with Mental Conditions

Discriminatory treatment towards patients with mental conditions happens. It is sad. It happens. Mental illness does not know race, gender or age. Mental illness effects all walks of life. Medical professionals in emergency room departments are rarely professional with individuals they believe to be mentally unstable with absolutely no factual basis to back up their belief. Contrary to what media would have you believe, most mental conditions are treatable and stabilized in individuals every single day. Mental conditions are NOT equivalent to unstable threats to society.

Tips to Handle Emotions of Children and Yourself

The other day as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, I saw an ad for Emotional ABC's, so I clicked on it. Let me say right here, I am not necessarily endorsing this product. I haven't even tried this product. I did try the ideas in the ad on my daughter and I thought I would share the experience.

My Two Cents on Robin Williams' Death

"Logic becomes unreal. Attention and focus fall apart. The brain is just an organ and at some point it says, 'I can't take the pain anymore. I must take myself out.'" This is a quote from Time Magazine in their online article Robin's Pain: The Mystery of Suicide and How to Prevent It.

In August of last year, Robin's death hit me and and DH pretty hard. Harder than I ever thought something like that would. Before I had the courage to come out with the mental illnesses my family faces daily, I posted the following message on my Facebook wall: