March 21st, 2008
I spent a pretty decent amount of time trying to think of a clever way to begin this post, but it’s apparent the only way to begin it is to just come right out with it:
Yesterday, I felt the weight of mental health stigma like never before.
Yesterday a local health and fitness center hosted its […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
March 18th, 2008
Time for another A.S.S. Award, don’t you think? Me too.
Therefore, I’m awarding the substandard mastermind behind this brilliant display of creativity Mental Health Notes’ most recent A.S.S. Award.
Too bad s/he didn’t attach his/her name to it. I know I’d want my name associated with such abuse and support of stigma. Yes, that’s sarcasm.
Or, maybe the […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments
March 16th, 2008
Or, perhaps, our brains need a break. However you want to see it.
I’ve decided that, from now on, Mental Health Notes will take a break from all things mental health-related on Sundays. Yeah, I know - Mental Health Notes is a mental health blog. I’m a rebel, what can I say.
Constantly talking - and reading […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 7 comments
March 11th, 2008
Did anyone watch New Amsterdam last night? That new FOX show about the brilliant New York City homicide detective who happens to be immortal and, um, over three centuries old?
I’m in the process of becoming a devoted viewer. Now, don’t misunderstand me. Nothing can take Prison Break’s place in my heart (not even a new […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 4 comments
March 8th, 2008
They’re all part of this week’s Saturday Sanity!
It’s not unusual to skim through the other b5media Science & Health Channel blogs and find mental health-related discussions going on. Here are a few from this week:
Elaine at Genetics & Health posted Happiness is down to your genes, a look at a University of Edinburgh and Queensland […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment
March 1st, 2008
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 8
Woohoo! We’ve come to the end of the OCD miniseries here at Mental Health Notes and, as promised, I have a list of celebrities with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Oooh, it’s not very often we get some juice here at Mental Health Notes, is it? ;)
Note that […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 3 comments
February 23rd, 2008
So, I’m driving down the road yesterday when this fantastic little ditty called “Devil Town” escapes the mixed CD of songs featured on Friday Night Lights I borrowed, pirouettes through my auditory canal, and infiltrates my brain.
This song must be mine, I think during its sixth replay. This song will be mine.
I come home, look […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 1 comment
February 16th, 2008
There’s less money for your health care, Valentine’s Day isn’t quite over at Mental Health Notes, and you, too, can be an A.S.S.
You still have until tonight at midnight to enter MHN’s Love: It’s All In My Head Valentine’s Day Contest - so get over there and tell me one way you can show love […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 0 comments
February 15th, 2008
Ever heard of Post Secret? The Web site gives a little history about itself, but in a nutshell it’s a place where people can anonymously dump all of their deepest, darkest secrets onto total strangers around the world.
And, like TMZ.com, Post Secret is one of my guilty pleasures a site I sometimes visit (though, I’m […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 2 comments
February 13th, 2008
OK, OK, I admit it. TMZ.com is one of my guilty pleasures a site I sometimes visit. I only go there is search of Wentworth Miller pictures and Wenti-related news. Seriously. That’s all.
I love him.
So, anyway, yesterday TMZ.com posts Are Dairy and Meat Making Brit Split? (While I haven’t discussed Britney Spears or her mental […]
By Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader -- 10 comments
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