The Toxic Romance of Mental Disorder and Substance Abuse

Walking through the day means nursing a universe of emptiness cradled between the chest and stomach

J. Frederick Robinson
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5 min readDec 10, 2020

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I’ve dealt with chronic depression and anxiety my entire life. The earliest memories of feeling “down” or having suicidal ideations started when I was 13 years old — around the time many people with a…

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