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BringChange2Mind · 4M ago

Sleeping by Jessie Close

There are few things I hate worse than not being able to fall asleep.  Tossing and turning and punching my pillow and kicking my covers off my feet.  I’ll turn my light back on, try to read a bit, turn the light back off, groan out loud, swear.  This tossing and turning is irritating, to [...]
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BringChange2Mind · 4M ago

On the Path to the Tipping Point by Karen Pratt

The theoretical biologist Rupert Sheldrake created the Morphic Field Theory: that a change in the behavior of a species occurs when a critical mass – the exact number – is reached.  When that happens, the behavior or habits of the entire species changes. Ken Keyes, Jr. wrote the following version of
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BringChange2Mind · 5M ago

Tied to Medication by Jessie Close

I don’t know what’s taking me so long to write this except that I get paralyzed by the thoughts of medication. I don’t like to think of my medications this way but, honestly, I am tethered to them, chained, cinched.  If I don’t take them I get sick, like an addict.  It’s the getting [...]
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BringChange2Mind · 6M ago

A Mother Daughter Conversation by Linea Johnson

Where have you been for the last few months, Linea? I’ve been living in Geneva Switzerland. What are you doing? I’m interning for the Mental Health and Policy department at the World Health Organization Headquarters. How did that happen? I had been working for an amazing filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, o
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BringChange2Mind · 6M ago

Let’s Move That Bus – Cinda Johnson

As many of you know Bring Change 2 Mind was featured on the recent Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on November 4th on ABC. Gina and Allen Hill and their sons were the recipients of a new home, built in Kansas in the hottest month they have had in many years. Glenn Close, the Bring Change [...]
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BringChange2Mind · 6M ago

My Nils – by Jessie Close

Every weekend morning back in the ‘50’s my dad would ride an old horse across the fields and into the woods of Connecticut.  The neighbor’s dogs would join up with my father’s to form what was called the Flea Pack.  At one point my parents owned five dogs so the ensuing pack was quite [...]
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BringChange2Mind · 7M ago

Weighty Subject by Jessie Close

Weighty Subject Karen, a dear friend of mine, and fellow bipolar disorder sufferer, inquires, when traveling, if her chosen hotel keeps a few rooms/bathrooms with no mirrors.  Since I have ballooned up while taking anti-psychotic medications, I so understand what she’s talking about.  I believe that
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BringChange2Mind · 7M ago

What a Difference a Friend Makes – Chrisa Hickey

When my son Tim was younger, he didn’t have a lot of friends.  From a very early age, he didn’t relate well to other kids.  He didn’t want to play with them.  It wasn’t a matter of not wanting to share toys; he had no interest in people his own age and size.  Adults thought [...]
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BringChange2Mind · 7M ago

National Day of Prayer for Healing and Recovery from Mental Illness: Jessie Close

October 4th = National Day of Prayer for Healing and Recovery From Mental Illness             I never used to pray.  My siblings and I were raised in an environment that demanded prayer.  Needless to say, when we were out of the parental home we rejected religion and prayer. “You live in a church wh
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BringChange2Mind · 8M ago

Cinda & Linea: A Journey, by Cinda Johnson

Fear seems to be a travel partner on the road with a mental illness, both for the person with the illness and those who love him or her.  A serious and chronic illness of any kind can easily hold people back from taking risks and experiencing life to the fullest.  My dear friend Jessie Close [...]
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