Summer Hope Can Lead to Summer Success
What are we dreaming about this year?
humoroushoward
Certified Peer Specialist
INDEPENDENCE FOR ALL
We need to discuss Independence
ALWAYS TURNING AND TURNING
Another month ended, and a new one turned and began anew. “Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers …one season following another”, both lines from “Sunrise, Sunset” from the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” Also, “Day by Day,” sung in the musical “Godspell,” shows how each day comes and goes […]
MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY REVENGE
With therapy every other week and medication from a psychiatrist monthly, his life has improved
VOLUNTEERING FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH
I am aware that not all volunteer jobs lead to paid employment
LADY MACBETH AND OCD
she is obsessively washing her hands while sleepwalking due to guilt.
FEBRUARY STILL REFLECTING ON DECEMBER
Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former
DO YOU WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER?
Volunteering is willingly working on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gains.
LOOK, LOOK AHEAD 2021
Look, look to the year ahead COVID19 is about all that was said Unfortunately thousands of humans are dead Still not many alternatives to do instead. [su_spacer size=”190″] Look, look ahead for there is greatness and joy Harder to seek out for what we can enjoy Did we […]
GOODBYE IS STILL GOODBYE
Adios, arrivederci, au revoir, shalom, ciao, goodbye.
All of them say goodbye, but they say much, much more…
Combating STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION
The words STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION make our overall situations exceedingly tricky.
THANKSGIVING MEAL AND FUN, FOR SOME?
Just another day I’ll probably want to forget.
Fall Sports 2020, Not Like it Used To Be
In 2020, sports is not like it used to be
ELECTION DAY WITH OCD
ARIZONA, GEORGIA, NEVADA, PENNSYLVANIA LEANING TO BIDEN ALASKA, NORTH CAROLINA LEANING TO TRUMP Hello everyone, and welcome back to Election Central, coming from an undisclosed place somewhere on Long Island. This is Tuesday, November 3, and I have been reporting from Long Island for several hours. My role […]
ANXIETY: SIMILAR FOR HAMLET AND FOR US
Keep in mind everyone, anxieties, and Mental Health Issues are not death sentences.
HALLOWEENS, PAST AND PRESENT
Knowing that COVID19 has disrupted many of our plans and holiday celebrations, so why did we think that this one would be any different.
SELF-STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION using self-thinking
People with mental health issues have experienced some form of “STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION.”
STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ABUSED BY MEDIA
Worst of all, the media shows people with mental illness as incompetent, dangerous, and undeserving, which deters everyone from understanding each other. Enough is enough!
LABOR DAY OR LABOUR DAY ?
Labor Day or Labour Day, which is correct?
SECOND HALF SUMMER THROUGH TV
From me to everyone reading this article, enjoy August, the rest of this summer and all of the “Days of Our Lives”
HI EVERYONE!
HI EVERYONE! My name is Howard Diamond. Starting in November 2017, I have been a New York State Certified Peer Specialist, and I reside on Long Island. For over twenty-five years, my work life and experiences lie mostly in the Mental Health Field.
STIGMA OR POSSIBLY DISCRIMINATION?
Why can’t we all get along?
REMEMBER MOON VISIT BY NOT RETURNING SOON
Fifty one years ago we walked the moon
Obituary: William Anthony, 77
William (Bill) Anthony, Director of the Boston Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Professor at Boston University has died. He was 77. Everyone does not know his name, but many of his ideas have helped people recover from Mental Wellness and Chemical/Drug Addiction and leading successful lives. Several years […]
A JULY DAY BEING A PEER SPECIALIST, BEING HUMAN
Peer Specialists should think of volunteer opportunities and find a way to give back.
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