Ask the Author: Jacqui Chaplin
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Jacqui Chaplin
Whenever I hear or read something that strikes at the heart of mind health matters - yours, mine and ours - I am frequently thinking about my position or opinion on what I have heard or read. My inspiration to write comes from those musings.
Jacqui Chaplin
The best thing about writing from an autobiographical stand point is there is plenty of content to choose from. With respect to the practical mind health strategies I never got blocked there because I was writing about all the strategies I have learnt and use to keep my mind health just where I want it to be!
Jacqui Chaplin
Disclosure was motivated by my 2013 diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder Type II and inspired by my 2014 contribution to a books about the lived experience of mental illness compiled by suicide researcher and expert Dr Patrick Corrigan. My chapter in Coming Out Proud: Erasing The Stigma of Mental Illness taught me two things. Firstly that I had a story worth sharing. And secondly that I was capable of telling it!
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