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The Five Trauma Responses We Don’t Talk About Enough

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My ADHD Testing Story by Thebrettina

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BPD in The Black Community: We do Exist.

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The Five Trauma Responses We Don’t Talk About Enough

  • October 2, 2025
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When we’re born, we come into this world innocent and full of life and innate joy. That’s why so many of us feel joy around children. It’s contagious. Unfortunately, as…
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My ADHD Testing Story by Thebrettina

  • April 26, 2024
  • brettina
My ADHD testing journey has been an exhausting one, to say the least. I stared directly at my fourth-grade teacher so intently that it made me uncomfortable, but no matter how…
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BPD in The Black Community: We do Exist.

  • June 1, 2019
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BPD is known as one of the hardest disorders to treat, manage, and live with. It’s described as a rapid roller coaster you can’t get off. And yes, it does…
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Woman standing with man kneeling in front of her. Woman lives with mental health issues.
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Mental Health Issues & Love: How to Ask and Receive.

  • May 10, 2019
  • brettina
There are many blog posts out there focusing on how to love someone with mental health issues but seldom do we find posts embodying how you, as someone with mental…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and #Metoo: Why No One Believed the First Survivor​.

  • December 1, 2018
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and #Metoo: Why No One Believed the First Survivor. The answer, She was a black woman. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, author, and science speaker, is under an…
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Mental Illness as a Black Woman.

  • September 29, 2017
  • brettina
Last November I was diagnosed with something I knew I pretty much had all my life. Thanks to being a hypochondriac I am a regular symptom checker and everything fit.…
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Motivation Monday: Five Body Positive Quotes on Pinterest

  • August 21, 2017
  • brettina
Five Body Positive Quotes on Pinterest Today’s motivation is Body positive and body love. Why is a woman’s body always up for discussion? I actually wish there weren’t body positive…
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