Kristance Harlow

Kristance Harlow

Bio

Kristance Harlow is a freelance writer and mental illness advocate. She lives in a foreign land with her husband and rescue pupster. Find her on twitter, instagram, or her blog.

Kristance Harlow Articles

It took things getting a lot worse before I was ready to get better.

How Mental Health Stigma Almost Killed Me

It was my pattern: if therapy got too intense, if I started feeling better, or if I was referred to a psychiatrist, I’d just stop going. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that I had a mental disorder.

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How Journaling Has Helped Me Heal

My life is a constant recollection.

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Coming out of dissociation can feel like waking from a lucid dream.

Dissociation: How It Feels To Feel Nothing

Coming out of dissociation can feel like waking from a lucid dream. One moment you’re on the other side of physical reality, and then you cross the threshold and are part of life again.

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"Every mirror is an opportunity to ruin more of my skin in a nonsensical attempt to fix what I think is there."

I Can't Stop Picking At My Skin

I lose hours to this obsessive compulsion, not a day goes by without it. Every mirror is an opportunity to ruin more of my skin in a nonsensical attempt to fix what I think is there

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It’s not just being overwhelmed — this inability to find peace is worse than that.

It’s Not Just Being Overwhelmed, It's Sensory Overload​      

It’s not just being overwhelmed — this inability to find peace is worse than that. It can happen without a moment’s notice, any day and any time.

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Feeling Depressed Is Different Than Being Depressed

I'm not here to discredit your experience. What I'm here to say is that "feeling depressed" is a different beast than “having depression.”

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Why I Didn't Try To Lose Weight For My Wedding

To take care of myself in the months preceding my wedding I had to make a conscious effort to not dive into dieting. Wedding weight loss was off the list of things for me to do, or to even attempt.

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