Mental Health Blog Directory Update

Well the directory recently passed thirty blogs which is pretty good and hopefully will continue to grow. One of the main concerns I had before starting this mini project is a lot of mental health blogs tend to disappear as the stress of writing about your personal demons can get to be too much after awhile. A few of the blogs on the list are on hiatus but I believe and hope they will be restarted in the near future. There have been a couple of blogs that have been rejected outright due to publishing self harm photos which is something I firmly do not believe in and a couple more were asked to write me when there blog hit a month old just to make sure the writer was committed(the nice way) to the process. Anyway below is how the Mental Health Blog Directory stands now and the invitation to join is still open so if you or someone you know that runs a personal mental health blog leave me a comment. Take care.

(In order of appearance)

1. Family Times
- I write about my large family, adoption, foster care, working at a residential treatment center for mentally ill kids, my own mental illnesses, mental illnesses of others in my family, abuse, etc.

2. Pennsylvania Echoes
-Pennsylvania Echoes is my blog about meditation, zen, and my non conformist life philosophy. It also brushes my self therapy and my day to day life as a manager of Bipolar Disorder. I have posted a list of breathing exercises, a downloadable mood chart... so far.As a consumer of both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Gestalt Therapy, I think Pennsylvania Echoes offers a slightly unusual, but responsible, view point on mental and physical wellness.

3. Jackal
- My blog, 'Jackal' is a mix of my trials and tribulations of struggling with everyday life due to Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, Depression and Anxiety and an insight into my creative side from poetry, writing and photography.

4. Clinically Clueless
- Life of trauma and abuse primarily through past journaling with author’s own current commentary, some current journaling, poetry and fingerpainting and posts on specific issues (major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-injury and suicide) faced with hope to increase awareness and compassion for those with mental illness.

5. How Is Bradley
- Just a guy sharing the wacky world of bipolar disorder, the humbling experience of getting in shape and some random thoughts sprinkled in.

6. Borderline Personality Disorder Inside Out
- I write about all aspects of BPD from my perspective as a person who has recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder. Information and support for those with BPD and information and support and in depth understanding for non borderlines as well.

7. I'm Listening
- Briefly, my journey with a mood disorder and BPD

8. Polar Bear Blog
- Life with borderline personality disorder

9. Random Thoughts of Self
- It focus's on Self Harm/Injury Covers all aspects I guess, probably best described as a collection of resources found on the net. A personal journey.

10. Avoidance Junkie
- Depression, Schizzoaffective Disorder Bipolar type, Dissociative Disorder NOS, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

11. BPD in OKC
- Borderline Personality Disorder

12. Gracefully Abnormal
- Depression

13. Swirls In My Head
- Borderline Personality Disorder. Depression

14. Brainmenu
- Depression, Anxiety

15. Cracked Head Blog
- Addiction, Bipolar, Depression

16. Depression Marathon
- Female runner and healthcare professional details her 7-year battle with severe depression and how it has changed her personality, identity and life. Topics also include running, addiction and recovery, stigma, BPD, healing and gratitude.

17. I Trust When Dark My Road
- Depression

18. Patient Anonymous
- my diagnoses are Bipolar Disorder, ADD, Seizure Disorder (Simple Partial Seizures, plus one Complex Partial Seizure in 2007) and Migraines

19. Shiv's Brain
- Bipolar

20. Storied Mind
- Depression

21. Your Wandering Mind On Depression
- Depression

22. But A Dream Within A Dream
- Chronic Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dissociative Disorder

23. Dirty Little Secret
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

24. Here And Now
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

25. Mulligrubs
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

26. Asdquefty's Journal
- The journey of a young man living with Asperger's syndrome as he tries to find his way through life and overcome social anxiety and depression.

27. Asharose
- An everyday journal about what I'm up to, as well as a mental health blog describing life with Social Anxiety Disorder, Dysthymia, and Borderline Personality Disorder. Documenting my thoughts and feelings, my struggles and my successes.

28. The Secret Life Of A Manic Depressive
- Bipolar

29. Disjointed Thoughts
- A diary of my day-to-day life while living with bipolar ll, chronic depression, OCD, and a host of other issues. Talks about my thoughts and emotions and also chronicles my family life. I've included some photography and poetry.

30. Living Between The Spaces
- A memoir of trying to make sense and accept a life scorched by the fires of mental illness.

31. Mental Motes
- I write about living w/ Bipolar II Disorder (with a side order of schitzo-affective, Borderline, PTSD). I've posted about my E.C.T., which was devastating, the treatment of those with a diagnoses by family, friends and society.

32. Mental Health Humor
- waiting on description

The Mental Health Directory

Well the results have been pretty good so far but hopefully more people will add their blog to the list. The only real criteria that I have been watching out for is blogs that are basically brand new. Running a mental health blog does take its toll so a number of blogs do not make it past their first month or twentieth post so I am a bit reluctant to add them to the list. Anyway the traffic has been alright on this page and hopefully it has sent some more readers their way. I have noticed that those who have taken the time to write a description seem to be getting the majority of the traffic. So those writers who I transferred over from my blog roll please send in a better description then the few words I used to describe your blog. I am hoping this directory will continue to grow so if you know anyone who should be on this list please send them my way. Below is what the current directory looks like. Happy fourth to my American friends. Take care

Mental Health Blog Directory

This page is constantly changing so please check back often. If you have a blog that would fit in well here just leave me a comment with the following form filled out and I will transfer it over :

1. Name of blog
2. Address of blog
3. A brief summary of what you write about.

No business/money making sites will be accepted.

(In order of appearance)

1. Family Times
- I write about my large family, adoption, foster care, working at a residential treatment center for mentally ill kids, my own mental illnesses, mental illnesses of others in my family, abuse, etc.

2. Pennsylvania Echoes
-Pennsylvania Echoes is my blog about meditation, zen, and my non conformist life philosophy. It also brushes my self therapy and my day to day life as a manager of Bipolar Disorder. I have posted a list of breathing exercises, a downloadable mood chart... so far.As a consumer of both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Gestalt Therapy, I think Pennsylvania Echoes offers a slightly unusual, but responsible, view point on mental and physical wellness.

3. Jackal
- My blog, 'Jackal' is a mix of my trials and tribulations of struggling with everyday life due to Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, Depression and Anxiety and an insight into my creative side from poetry, writing and photography.

4. Clinically Clueless
- Life of trauma and abuse primarily through past journaling with author’s own current commentary, some current journaling, poetry and fingerpainting and posts on specific issues (major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-injury and suicide) faced with hope to increase awareness and compassion for those with mental illness.

5. How Is Bradley
- Just a guy sharing the wacky world of bipolar disorder, the humbling experience of getting in shape and some random thoughts sprinkled in.

6. Borderline Personality Disorder Inside Out
- I write about all aspects of BPD from my perspective as a person who has recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder. Information and support for those with BPD and information and support and in depth understanding for non borderlines as well.

7. I'm Listening
- Briefly, my journey with a mood disorder and BPD

8. Polar Bear Blog
- Life with borderline personality disorder

9. Random Thoughts of Self
- It focus's on Self Harm/Injury Covers all aspects I guess, probably best described as a collection of resources found on the net. A personal journey.

10. Avoidance Junkie
- Depression, Schizzoaffective Disorder Bipolar type, Dissociative Disorder NOS, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

11. BPD in OKC
- Borderline Personality Disorder

12. Gracefully Abnormal
- Depression

13. Swirls In My Head
- Borderline Personality Disorder. Depression

14. Brainmenu
- Depression, Anxiety

15. Cracked Head Blog
- Addiction, Bipolar, Depression

16. Depression Marathon
- Female runner and healthcare professional details her 7-year battle with severe depression and how it has changed her personality, identity and life. Topics also include running, addiction and recovery, stigma, BPD, healing and gratitude.

17. I Trust When Dark My Road
- Depression

18. Patient Anonymous
- Depression, Self Harm, Bipolar

19. Shiv's Brain
- Bipolar

20. Storied Mind
- Depression

21. Your Wandering Mind On Depression
- Depression

22. But A Dream Within A Dream
- Chronic Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dissociative Disorder

23. Dirty Little Secret
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

24. Here And Now
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

25. Mulligrubs
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

26. Asdquefty's Journal
- The journey of a young man living with Asperger's syndrome as he tries to find his way through life and overcome social anxiety and depression.

27. Asharose
- An everyday journal about what I'm up to, as well as a mental health blog describing life with Social Anxiety Disorder, Dysthymia, and Borderline Personality Disorder. Documenting my thoughts and feelings, my struggles and my successes.

28. The Secret Life Of A Manic Depressive
- Bipolar

Mental Health Directory

This page is constantly changing so please check back often. If you have a blog that would fit in well here just leave me a comment with the following form filled out and I will transfer it over :

1. Name of blog
2. Address of blog
3. A brief summary of what you write about.

No business/money making sites will be accepted.

(In order of appearance)

1. Family Times
- I write about my large family, adoption, foster care, working at a residential treatment center for mentally ill kids, my own mental illnesses, mental illnesses of others in my family, abuse, etc.

2. Pennsylvania Echoes
-Pennsylvania Echoes is my blog about meditation, zen, and my non conformist life philosophy. It also brushes my self therapy and my day to day life as a manager of Bipolar Disorder. I have posted a list of breathing exercises, a downloadable mood chart... so far.As a consumer of both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Gestalt Therapy, I think Pennsylvania Echoes offers a slightly unusual, but responsible, view point on mental and physical wellness.

3. Jackal
- My blog, 'Jackal' is a mix of my trials and tribulations of struggling with everyday life due to Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, Depression and Anxiety and an insight into my creative side from poetry, writing and photography.

4. Clinically Clueless
- Life of trauma and abuse primarily through past journaling with author’s own current commentary, some current journaling, poetry and fingerpainting and posts on specific issues (major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-injury and suicide) faced with hope to increase awareness and compassion for those with mental illness.

5. How Is Bradley
- Just a guy sharing the wacky world of bipolar disorder, the humbling experience of getting in shape and some random thoughts sprinkled in.

6. Borderline Personality Disorder Inside Out
- I write about all aspects of BPD from my perspective as a person who has recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder. Information and support for those with BPD and information and support and in depth understanding for non borderlines as well.

7. I'm Listening
- Briefly, my journey with a mood disorder and BPD

8. Polar Bear Blog
- Life with borderline personality disorder

9. Random Thoughts of Self
- It focus's on Self Harm/Injury Covers all aspects I guess, probably best described as a collection of resources found on the net. A personal journey.

10. Avoidance Junkie
- Depression, Schizzoaffective Disorder Bipolar type, Dissociative Disorder NOS, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

11. BPD in OKC
- Borderline Personality Disorder

12. Gracefully Abnormal
- Depression

13. Swirls In My Head
- Borderline Personality Disorder. Depression

14. Brainmenu
- Depression, Anxiety

15. Cracked Head Blog
- Addiction, Bipolar, Depression

16. Depression Marathon
- Female runner and healthcare professional details her 7-year battle with severe depression and how it has changed her personality, identity and life. Topics also include running, addiction and recovery, stigma, BPD, healing and gratitude.

17. I Trust When Dark My Road
- Depression

18. Patient Anonymous
- my diagnoses are Bipolar Disorder, ADD, Seizure Disorder (Simple Partial Seizures, plus one Complex Partial Seizure in 2007) and Migraines. Yes, my brain is a full bag of tricks! I try to inject a lot of humour into my blog at times, for how else are we to survive? I also enjoy geeking out re: all things heads and meds, from a scientific perspective and attempt to sound intelligent when doing so.

19. Shiv's Brain
- Bipolar

20. Storied Mind
- Depression

21. Your Wandering Mind On Depression
- Depression

22. But A Dream Within A Dream
- Chronic Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dissociative Disorder

23. Dirty Little Secret
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

24. Here And Now
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

25. Mulligrubs
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

26. Asdquefty's Journal
- The journey of a young man living with Asperger's syndrome as he tries to find his way through life and overcome social anxiety and depression.

27. Asharose
- An everyday journal about what I'm up to, as well as a mental health blog describing life with Social Anxiety Disorder, Dysthymia, and Borderline Personality Disorder. Documenting my thoughts and feelings, my struggles and my successes.

28. The Secret Life Of A Manic Depressive
- Bipolar

29. Disjointed Thoughts
- A diary of my day-to-day life while living with bipolar ll, chronic depression, OCD, and a host of other issues. Talks about my thoughts and emotions and also chronicles my family life. I've included some photography and poetry.

30. Living Between The Spaces
- A memoir of trying to make sense and accept a life scorched by the fires of mental illness.

31. Mental Motes
- I write about living w/ Bipolar II Disorder (with a side order of schitzo-affective, Borderline, PTSD). I've posted about my E.C.T., which was devastating, the treatment of those with a diagnoses by family, friends and society.

32. Mental Health Humor
- waiting on description