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Category: Mental Illness

The Ebb and Flow of Trauma

Trigger warning: Sexual assault June has once again arrived. One of my personalities deleted all of the social media apps … More

#KeepTalkingMH, #MentalHealthAwareness, abuse, anniversary, DID, dissociative identity disorder, flashbacks, Grandchildren, Maggie Slighte, Memoir, nonfiction writing, off-grid, PTSD, Social Media, The Car that Ran on Prayers, Travel, Work in Progress

Safe Spaces: My Garden

Gardens do not just create food for our bodies, but they also create nourishment for our souls.

#Covid, ASD, Autistic, Garden, interview, patio, Victory Garden

Slightely Maggie: Leaving the Mormon Church

In season 2, episode 3 of my vlog and podcast, I share what actions I’ve taken in January 2022 that … More

KAFOs, Knee braces, Medical Marijuana Mormon, recipes, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Religious Dysphoria

http://mymesblog.com/2022/01/29/religious-dysphoria/ Click the above link to read a new post on my DID blog about religious dysphoria and Dissociative Identity … More

DID, dissociative identity disorder, Mormon, religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Luered to TikTok for Advocacy

It was only days after my official autism diagnosis that I felt compelled to download and install an app I … More

#KeepTalkingMH, #MentalHealthAwareness, Activism, ASD, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, disability, Disabilty, Disabled, dissociative identity disorder, EDS, Education, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hEDS, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Illness, mental injury, MyEDSChallenge, Neurodivergence, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, PTSD, publishing, Social Media, Spectrum Processing Disorder, TikTok, Video, videos, YouTube

Processing this Diagnosis

I’m just saying it should not have been a leap that took more than half of a century to make.

Why did it take a half of a century to make this leap? I daresay because I have a vagina.

ADHD, AFAB, ASD, Assigned Female at Birth, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Female, girl, Neurodivergence, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, nontypical, vagina

My Bendy Brain: Mental Health and Ehlers-Danlos

Before I go too far, let me preface this. Unlike some of my articles that have been extensively researched, this … More

#MentalHealthAwareness, abuse, ADHD, ASD, Autism, different, disability, Disabled, dissociative identity disorder, Mental Health, Mental Illness, mental injury, multiple personality disorder, OCD, psychology, PTSD, SPD

A Balm for the Bruises and Bends:

Managing My Ehlers-Danlos with Cannabis I have made no secret of the fact that I endure a considerable amount of … More

#MentalHealthAwareness, anxiety, Autism, balm, believer, cannabis, comfort, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Awareness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, FECO, Grandma Cat, hEDS, management, Medicine, MyEDSChallenge, oil, prayer, recipe, salve

Autism Awareness: Accepting a New Diagnosis

April is Autism Acceptance (and Awareness) month. What better month to ask some questions of my therapist and get to … More

#Depression, #MentalHealthAwareness, Autism, Healthcare, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity

Contrasts of a Confection

During my poetry class, we were given an assignment to write two contrasting poems about the same substance. One of … More

#KeepTalkingMH, #MentalHealthAwareness, AmWriting, Creative Nonfiction, Education, Grad School, Graduate Program, nonfiction writing, performance, poem, poetry, publishing, reading

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