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Celebrate With Me!

By jmills · New reply 12:14 pm
Journal · 7 replies
I finished my OS3 Exam 3 parts 2 and 3 today!! All done with in-house exams, woohoo!!! Now I just have a neurobio miniboard next Tuesday and a cumulative miniboard next Friday. One...More...Week...I can ...

Year of Gratitude- 2013

By amarettosour · New reply 11:19 am
Journal · 352 replies
Happy New Years To All Inspire Members! I have decided to start a journal for gratitude for the new year. 2012 is behind us and its time to move forward. I know that life has it's challenges and I have ...

I went away to come to Life!!

By Billie_Jo · New reply 8:32 am
Journal · 5 replies
Hi Everyone.... First, let me apologize for my random absences.... That's why some of you have my email, and even phone to text.... I kind of have a habit of disappearing for a time, then popping back ...

Be Encouraged...Life isn't over yet!

By chaplainstevens · New reply 7:28 am
Journal · 8 replies
Some days I am in so much pain I just tire of living...but then God will let something happen to remind you you still have work to do. I had a lady that I met in the Psych Hospital last year that was ...

Mental Health

By NubianaLove · New reply yesterday at 11:23 pm
Journal · 3 replies
Does anyone suffer with depression? How do you all deal with it ...

Lady Passed Over Rainbow Bridge Yesterday

By gentle-huggies-annie · New reply yesterday at 8:19 pm
Journal · 12 replies
Hey, Y'all... Some of you know that Lady's daddy is an ex of mine, and is now my roommate. I knew Lady, a mostly white Shih Tsu with bits of grey and tan (kept in a short puppy cut), when she was still ...

Five million

By Brian · New reply May 16, 2013
Journal · 204 replies
Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

Pseudoseizures+conversion movement disorder

By JennayB · New reply May 16, 2013
Discussion in Coping with the stigma of mental illness · 9 replies
I am confused. My quality of life is much improved yet these pseudoseizures are becoming more frequent and longer lasting. I AM SO EXHAUSTED by people saying I need psychotherapy and "don't be so stressed ...

I'm Back

By jmills · New reply May 15, 2013
Journal · 9 replies
Sorry I've been gone, I haven't been feeling well. I wound up staying with my brother's godmother for a few days, but then my dad came up to take care of me, so I'm back at my apartment now. He cleaned ...

Schizoaffective Disorder/Bipolar Type Friends wanted!

By BlackDaisy · New reply May 15, 2013
Discussion in Other issues · 45 replies
Hello there! I'm looking to meet others that have Schizoaffective Disorder. I'm finding it hard to chat with anyone who understands this illness. If you're looking for new friends too, please respond ...

Do you Feel Like JOB Sometimes?

By chaplainstevens · New reply May 14, 2013
Journal · 15 replies
Job has no idea there is a devil trying to destroy him. And he assumes it is the Lord, Job is partially right. Why? Because the Lord allowed the devil to attack him! Look at verse eight: “Hast thou considered ...

Psuedoseizure

By ladygonewild · New reply May 13, 2013
Discussion in Other issues · 4 replies
My daughter started having psuedoseizures 2 years ago. They are not getting better but worse. They were lasting for 2 minutes now they have progressed to 3 hours. The doctors just dope her up with meds ...

Dealing with holiday

By Nattalie · New reply May 13, 2013
Discussion in Depression · 2 replies
I have always had issues with Mother's Day due to my infertility. But this one seems particularly hard. Not because of the entire mother thing but because of something else. Millions of people suffer ...

Read Psalm 13

By chaplainstevens · New reply May 13, 2013
Journal · 3 replies
if you are in pain and contemplating suicide I understand...read Psalm 13 David felt the same way too...but David realized in the last verse that he could trust in the salvation of The Lord to help him ...

Klonopin

By chleo · New reply May 12, 2013
Discussion in Anxiety and phobias · 5 replies
My psychiatrist has put me on klonopin and Buspar for anxiety. Right now I am going through a really hard time because soon I won't have a home and I'm not working and all I am getting is my SSD-I. That ...

Wonderful

By blue_bird · New reply May 11, 2013
Journal · 1 reply
What a wonderful place I have found on this website. Everyone is so supportive of everyone else. I'm excited about meeting everyone and sharing the good and the bad. Humor is everywhere and you must laugh ...

Inspire has connected me with people who already have "inspired" me!

By Jujusings · New reply May 11, 2013
Journal · 4 replies
It might be because I have ADHD that I've jumped around from group to group reading others stories, so hey ADHD might not be so bad after all! I've already been uplifted and inspired by other moms with ...

New column: National Pain Day

By John2 · Posted May 10, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, I'm writing to share with you a link to a new column, "National Pain Day," that I think you'll find interesting. You can read the column ...

RE: My Life as a Man...

By silver2row · Posted May 9, 2013
Journal · 0 replies
Hello, I have recently started doing things online. I started website(s). I think this is healthy. I have not received any "hate mail" or negative emotions from anyone regarding my sites. This is positive ...

Easiest

By blue_bird · New reply May 9, 2013
Journal · 11 replies
I've been thinking about suicide today. I think it would be the easiest thing to do but my husband would be hurt and he doesn't have a supportive family. The others that I love can rely upon each other ...

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The Mental Health America Support Community connects patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration. This community is sponsored by Mental Health America, an Inspire trusted partner.