Category Archives: mental illness

GNU Pat Conroy

Posted on March 6, 2016 by dSavannah

On Friday, the world lost another great voice with the death of author Pat Conroy, who passed away of pancreatic cancer at age 70, just four weeks after his diagnosis. When I read the news about the cancer, I knew … Continue reading →

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Diving deep into mental illness

Posted on December 31, 2015 by dSavannah

Hi. My name is dSavannah and I suffer from mental illness. Specifically, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD tendencies. I’ve talked about my issues before, but I felt compelled to address them again in a specific blog post, because I just … Continue reading →

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State of my health, or What #InvisibleIllness is like

Posted on October 25, 2015 by dSavannah

dSavannah note & update 5/23/18: Typically, I do not edit or change blog posts once I’ve published them, except in rare exceptions to change a factual error or fix a typo. However, because I am still referring people to this … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: Naked in Public

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dSavannah

In the early early days of my blog (December 2012), children’s author Christi Zellerhoff answered The Questions. Well, apparently she has kept up with my ramblings (isn’t that nice?) and contacted me late last month to see if I’d be … Continue reading →

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Illness and Language

Posted on September 19, 2015 by dSavannah

As a Sick Person (and yes, those capitols are intentional), I spend most of my days doing… well, not much. I go to my many doctors, practically every day of the week. I read (when I can concentrate), I watch … Continue reading →

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Reconstruction

Posted on August 13, 2015 by dSavannah

I can imagine that turning into a butterfly hurts. Not so much the cocooning – the wrapping yourself up in a warm dark place – But waking, blinking and disoriented, in a different state – every fundamental thing about you … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on insomnia…

Posted on June 12, 2015 by dSavannah

First of all, thank you to everyone who has sent me messages, commented on this post or the post on FB, etc. I now have a list of things to research as I get the energy. The biggest suggestion seems … Continue reading →

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