According to the Homeless Hub, 30-35% experiencing homelessness have a mental illness. Among women, that figure jumps to 70%. How does society allow this to happen to some of our most vulnerable people? Housing is a basic fundamental need that all people should be able to access. Why are people with mental illness disproportionately represented … Continue reading We all deserve a roof over our heads
Part of the Pursue Your Writing Dreams series This series will cover some of the things you need to know/consider to take your writing to the next level. So, you want to write, but mental illness is throwing up roadblocks. What to do? Well, this post I did on the Best Life Collabrative is going … Continue reading Overcome mental illness stumbling blocks to writing
Living alone, I have to do all my own grocery shopping. It's been that way for years, so no big deal, right? Well, what used to be a simply task has become a bit more of a production with mental illness tagging along. The grocery store is a 10 minutes walk from where I live. … Continue reading Mental illness goes grocery shopping
"So, what do you do for work?" That's a pretty standard, run of the mill question if you're meeting someone for the first time, and one of the reasons why I dislike being around people. In our society, adults are expected to work, and if you don't, that is considered unusual unless you fall into … Continue reading Managing working (or not) with disability
If you ask the average person about things that come to mind when they think of mental illness, finances is probably not something they're going to come up with. But for those of us living with mental illness, it's something we all too often don't have the option of ignoring. I grew up in a … Continue reading Financial sandbagging for the mental illness storm
