by Cameron Lorenc
I have two articles here today about Mental Illness. One is a first-person account and the other discusses risks associated with mental illness.
Psychology Today – Grateful for the Experience of Mental Illness – Psychology Today
http://psychologytoday.com/15h ago
This is the other side of (psychotic) depression, borderline personality disorder, possibly anorexia — I am hoping starving is behind me, but I'm withholding permanent judgment due to the recent nature of my relapse last summer.
Mental Illness Increases Risk of Being Homicide Victim – TIME.com
http://healthland.time.com/21h ago
Depression was also linked with nearly as much risk as personality disorders, raising the odds of being a murder victim nearly three-fold, while anxiety disorders were associated with a doubling of homicide death risk.