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Standing in the Eye: A life surrounded by the storm of mental illness

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MAY: Mental Health

Standing in the Eye A life surrounded by the storm of mental illness. I explained once to my counselor how my aunt died when I was young. That she’d taken her own life and it was the first - but not the last - time suicide touched our family. For me, this seemed the beginning of my story…

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