An open letter to the people addressing the lack of spirituality and compassion in psychiatry/mental health.

My self help outline for dealing with my issues.

The Jinn came like the crack of dry leaves, scuttled by the wind, in a great swirling vortex all around me. They came like a dust storm in the desert. They do not leave me.

I have felt for a long time that my relationships have had a skewed element to them.  I have never had a relationship last longer than 7 years.  Much to my despair and defeat I have

Why can't I just be accepted the way I am?Why is it so wrong to dream?Maybe it's not.Maybe what's so wrong is to dream and keep my dreams all to myself.That's the sin.To keep it all inside and I think if I don't let that silent one die, then the screaming one inside will and it will be as if I never was.

You can now download a free .pdf format version of the wildly successful Icarus zine "Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness: A Reader of Bipolar Worlds," edited by Ashley and Sascha. Check it out in our Resources section, and feel free to spread it around and link to it on other sites:

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