by Jim Stitzel | May 1, 2018 | General
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while great strides have been made in recent years to remove and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, we still have a long way to go to eradicate it completely. So we dedicate this whole month to awareness...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 11, 2018 | General
When you have a mental illness, let alone multiple illnesses that compound on each other, you get used to a certain amount of well-intended but inane advice from any number of people that comes with the intention of helping you out of a rough spot. This generally...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 28, 2017 | General
I’m sitting here right now, trying to decide what to do with myself. And I don’t mean just on an immediate, here-and-now, should I pick up a controller and play a game or write a story sort of way, though that’s certainly a part of it. I mostly mean...
by Jim Stitzel | May 19, 2016 | General
It’s 9:30AM, and the day has started without me. I’m ok with this. I woke this morning feeling lonely and alone, as I often do, after another long night of dreams that refuse to allow me to get any kind of proper rest. I grudgingly ate breakfast, not...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 28, 2015 | General
This tiny tablet is the first step of the next stage of my search to find mental wellness. (How sad is it that I kinda love the color?) Those of you who also suffer from mental illness may recognize that little pill as buproprion, an off-brand of Wellbutrin. This is...
