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This blog, while primarily a source for educational resources as well as personal anecdotes on the topic of education also contains discussion of serious mental health topics and my experiences with them. There is nothing I would consider graphic or inappropriate.
I have no shame in sharing these things with the world, but I recognize there is a stigma.
It would probably be safer and more comfortable for people not to have to consider the struggles that regular people face on a daily basis but I believe it is important for those of us, teachers, parents, students or any people of any profession, be open about their struggles if they feel safe to do so because it is only through learning that we can begin to change the stigma that is held in our society.
I am an educator, I function well in my role, and I have mental illness.