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8. Turning Symptoms into Superpowers
Maura & Me

8. Turning Symptoms into Superpowers

Finding someone who actually "got" me — and all of us who struggle with serious mental illness.

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Jun 09, 2023
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The talk began almost immediately. The blinds were drawn and as the lights were turned off and the PowerPoint began, the crumpled papers Bob Drake and I had just scrambled to collect from the hallway were passed throughout the lecture hall.

The darkness of the room eased my anxious heart and as its rate slowed from jacked through the roof to slowed sync…

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