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Heather Locklear checks into in-patient facility
Press is reporting Heather Locklear checked into a mental facility for an eval. Wonder if they’ll disclose the diagnosis? Admitted for depression Vicki Salemi Heather Locklear has checked herself into an in-patient treatment facility in Arizona. The quintessential evening soap opera vixen is on the road to recovery. And no, it’s not for substance abuse. As for the reason? To deal with issues of anxiety, depression, and to re-evaluate her current condition. We give props to the 46 year-old actress who apparently recently switched doctors and is taking a pro-active stance towards her mental health. The new doc recommended that her condition and medication be re-evaluated. While her publicist confirmed…
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Mentally Ill face long waits in hospital
From USA Today… Mentally ill face extra-long ER waits By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY Psychiatric patients who need hospitalization wait for hours in emergency departments for admission because hospitals are dropping mental health units and beds are scarce, a new survey says. Nearly 80% of hospitals said mentally ill patients sometimes wait four hours or more to be admitted, says the American College of Emergency Physicians, which surveyed 328 emergency medical directors. About 10% said patients wait more than a day on average. Average admission times for non-psychiatric patients were shorter: Only 30% of directors said those patients waited four hours or more. Yet 84% of the medical directors said…
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Amy Winehouse should switch to crack with vitamins
So, it turns out that smoking crack is bad for you… Cocaine ‘damaged Winehouse’s lungs’ Amy Winehouse could struggle to catch her breath and hit high notes as a result of suffering emphysema, a lung expert has said. The singer’s father spoke out at the weekend about his worries that Winehouse could lose her life unless she kicks her drug habit. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Mitch Winehouse said his daughter – who was rushed to hospital recently after collapsing – had developed the chronic lung disease emphysema, possibly brought on by smoking crack cocaine. No related posts.
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Boundaries and their effective use
Well, well, well… I don’t know why but apparently I continue to be a subject at WTO. Weird. I posted about this a few days ago. I’ve been out of touch with the blog for a few days, while I do family stuff and take care of my email list. I really admire the people on my list; they do a great job of being both honest and validating with one another – while at the same time providing constructive advice to one another. Boundaries… I’ve posted about boundaries many times before. I think boundaries are one of the most misunderstood concepts in the non-BP/BP relationship. While it is difficult…
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Fun with Keywords Again
Well, I’ve looked over recent keywords that find my blog and found these to be interesting (with my comment in parenthesis): borderline tough love (it doesn’t work see this post) bpd not wrong (I wonder a BP saying they’re not wrong or a non-bp complaining about it?) bpd impacts on loved ones (big ones! That’s the whole point of the site huh?) how to stop ruminating (It isn’t easy. Mindfulness helps.) dumped out of the blue bpd (yeah, it happens) how to stop a demonic possession (I’m amazed at the number of demonic possession believers out there) here is the last two digits of my social (ok, where is the…
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Biology, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Emotions, Odds and Ends, Resources, Stats, Validation
Follow the Yellow Click Road
Apparently, someone over at Welcome to Oz (WTO) Internet list posted a message asking about me and what I am all about concerning BPD and Non-BPs. This lead to a huge spike in traffic with my average number of accesses basically doubling over the weekend. I’m still a member of WTO, so I decided to login and take a look at what people are saying about me over there. I haven’t posted in years and haven’t logged in in months. Obviously, there are many, many new people who have no idea who I am or what I’m about. There are a few members still hanging around who do remember me.…