First:We're looking for a couple guest bloggers for Mental Health Month 2012, starting in May (next week!); people to share their stories of mental health here on this blog, which will be later transferred to our primary advocacy blog at Frank Mental Health (www.frankmentalhealth.org) - a new venture for us this year. As with all of our blogs, it is advertisement free. This is a great opportunity to promote your own blog, or simply share your story of struggle or triumph with other people, for the first time (or even again, if you have already shared with some). It can be anonymous, you can use your name, or an alias. As long as your willing to share your honest experiences, and you can be as gritty and honest as the situation calls for.Mental Health Awareness Month is a time to encourage and promote good mental health, create awareness to reduce stigma surrounding the issues, symptoms, and overall treatment of people who struggle daily with mental health; and to create better understanding, for families, friends and loved ones, of those struggling with mental health issues.We will be sharing the links via our main Twitter account (@JustCallMeFrank) as well as the Frank Mental Health twitter account (@BeMentallyAware), using the #mhblogday on May 16th, as part of the mental health blog day, and #mhm the rest of the May at various times, For more information on how to be a part of the American Psychological Association Mental Health Month Blog Party, please visit: http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/mental-health-month-blog-day/ Also: Mental Health America Mental Health Month 2012Second:Meanwhile, on a personal level, we're trying to tread water over here, waiting for some things in life to fall into place, attempting to be cautiously optimistic...and doing whatever we can to be so. It's difficult to write anything interesting, at any level, with this kind of stress. We're forcing ourselves into a happy bubble. Crazy fun.So, for now we leave you with the best of what we've written here on this blog (and some of what guests, and The Boyfriend, have contributed), a big selection out of over 500 entries so far. Maybe it will inspire you to share some of your own struggles, or, your triumphs!~ Ivy et al-----------------------------------------------------------------------Highlights of what we wrote in 2011, and new stuff from 2012.We write about

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