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		<title>Three Years Ago</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the third anniversary of my mental illness. 
Exactly three years ago I was hospitalized and diagnosed with Bi-Polar and Psychotic Delusions.
Worth celebrating?
I was in hospital for almost two months, nearly lost my job, stressed out my family and I wake up groggy almost every day due to my medication.
But don&#8217;t get me wrong [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is the third anniversary of my mental illness. </p>
<p>Exactly three years ago I was hospitalized and diagnosed with Bi-Polar and Psychotic Delusions.</p>
<p>Worth celebrating?</p>
<p>I was in hospital for almost two months, nearly lost my job, stressed out my family and I wake up groggy almost every day due to my medication.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t get me wrong though, I think a lot of great of things have happened as a result of this as well. It really jump-started my spiritual journey in life and I now feel I have a much better understanding of it.</p>
<p>My mental illness might never completely go away, but I can still take responsibility for my own life, accept it as it is and learn to live within the boundaries (and gradually pushing them further when I&#8217;m ready).</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve learned that if you take time out of the equation there&#8217;s nothing you can&#8217;t achieve as long as you keep trying.</p>
<p>For the last year and a half or so I&#8217;ve had a lot of trouble with anxiety which tends to take over more and more of your life, gradually building a social prison around yourself. Yesterday though I was finally able to get on a plane with my family and fly again (my worst fear). That was a huge victory.</p>
<p>One of the conditions I set for this website is that I can only write about things if I &#8220;walk the talk&#8221;. It doesn&#8217;t mean I should have all the answers, all it means is that I need to keep trying and then maybe we can find the answers together&#8230;</p>
<p>So maybe today is worth celebrating after all.</p>
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