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It is six years since I was discharged from an adolescent psychiatric unit, though the memories of this time reside vividly within my mind.
I’m sitting on a park bench. My makeup is sliding off the side of my face in the sun. I’m trying to look normal, whatever that is. I’m staring down the eyes of my interviewer, lest I let them wander over to the cameraman. I’m a little scared.
So, I am sitting here, writing a blog for Time to Change on the impact and effect that writing a