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1. Friends With A Mental Illness This lens seeks to bring attention to folks who suffer with a mental illness and how to be a better friend to them. Its absolute goal is to promote mental-illness awareness, and encourage acceptance and discussion. ...A big thank you to those who hav...
2. He Chose Suicide On November 21, 1995 my husband chose suicide as the answer to ending his long battle with depression. We, my daughters and I, still struggle with his decision after all of this time. Our hearts are still broken and will probably never completely men...
3. Bipolar Disorder And Me - Two Bears and a Lady Bipolar, two polar bears, get it? I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around a year ago, but looking back I've shown symptoms of it since about age 11. I am now 28. I tend to deal with it and talk about it with humor as you can tell from the playfu...
4. Alzheimer's Disease Awareness T-Shirts and Gifts for Caregivers and Family Learn about Alzheimer's Disease awareness and shop for Alzheimer's support t-shirts. It's hard to lose a loved one to Alzheimer's disease. I started this lens to offer Alzheimer's Disease online resources for family members and caregivers. Find aware...
5. Prison Inmates and Mental Illness In most state prisons in the United States, inmates live in overcrowded, often unsanitary conditions with no privacy. These conditions exacerbate symptoms of mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder. In Prison Madness, Terry Kupers points ou...
6. Lunatic Asylums, Psychiatric Hospitals and Psychiatry Here you'll find a range of general information about mental health and welfare and the places that are designed to look after us when we have a mental illness. Most of us will experience some sort of mental illness in our lifetime, either direct...
7. A Mind Taut with Pain I know a mind taut with pain.  I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2002 after many years of illness. This lens is a collection of information and useful links on schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and is illustrated with some of my o...
8. Positive Affirmations Positive Affirmations will get your mind to start working for you, rahter than against you. Reach your goals much easier by using positive affirmation several times a day. The audios on this lens, the tips and the small helpers in form of yewelry, T-s...
9. crazy old cat ladies “Crazy Old Cat Ladies” have a long and mixed history.  Women, particularly older women who have no “mate” and who have multiple cats are generally lumped together under the term.  Like any group, there are the good a...
10. Living With Asperger's Syndrome ~Who Is Affected by Autism?~ In one word: me. I have Asperger's Syndrome, a type of Autism. Life is difficult, not so much because autism affects the things I do, but mostly because people do not take the time to get to know me. My cloths scare off...
11. Raising A Bipolar Child It will be painful at times, and frustrating beyond belief at others. There will be tears...lots of them. Then just when it seems like you can't possibly make it through another day, let alone the next hour, you will feel such joy and happiness t...
12. Uniquely Wired: People With Schizophrenia Some of the clients I work with are diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I've learned much from them about their experience of first getting symptoms, and then living with them. I've learned that Schizophrenia is a family matter. It alters the lives of the...
13. Teen cutting and Adult Self Injury Help Cutting is growing at an alarming rate and most parents have no clue their kids are doing it. For those who are unfamiliar with teenage cutting or cutting in general it is an act of self-mutilation. Usually this starts at an early age, it is not unus...
14. Mental Health from a Christian Perspective "There are many invalids today who will ever remain so because they cannot be convinced that their experience is not reliable. The brain is the capital of the body, the seat of all the nervous forces and of mental action. The nerves proceeding from t...
15. Explaining Your Mental Illness to Others Explaining your mental illness to friends and family is one of the hardest tasks to face when you're newly diagnosed. Embarrassment over your illness, not knowing the facts, and being in a rush can all lead to quick, misinformed explanations that lea...
16. Grieving Souls of Suicide Headquarters A group of lenses written by grieving souls out there who have lost a loved one from the act of suicide. The lenses were written to help with personal healing and also to help the world understand the grief but also to help tell about the devastion o...
17. Parental Alienation Syndrome The Truth About Child Custody and Family Courts Have you been a victim of false allegations of domestic violence or any other negative items in or out of court?  Has it been weeks, months, years since you've seen your kids?  Have your kids c...
18. My Life’s Journey With Mental Disorder – a Memoir Author, Carlton Davis, takes you through his life's journey in his book, bipolar bare: My Life's Journey With Mental Disorder - a Memoir. bipolar bare is a poignant story of one man's roller coaster ride through life, from the time he was a small boy...
19. What Makes An Animal More Than Just a Pet? All About Service and Therapy Animals Have you ever heard of a Service Animal? Most people are familiar with Service Dogs such as Guide Dogs for those who are blind and Hearing Dogs for those who are deaf. Yet, we often do not realize that, “Service animals are not limited to anima...
20. Understanding Depression There are over 900 lens on depression this tells me that we all go through it so it must be a natural human condition maybe its something that we must over come by understanding what depression is then maybe we will know why we get depressed knowing...