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What is a mental health diagnosis anyway? How do you know if you need a diagnosis? As someone living with a serious mental health condition for the past seventeen years, I hope I may be able to shed some light on this for you, and explain why receiving a proper diagnosis is the first step to my mental health mindset.
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After fifteen years of living with a serious mental illness, I’ve learned that my mental health is something I need to take care of every day in order to maintain mental wellness, and there are many facets to it.
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