Tag Archives: The Bluffton Sun

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/having-an-invisible-disability-doesnt-make-it-any-less-real/ on Jan 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Laura Kaponer is a consumer of mental health services and recently open public advocate for living with a mental illness, rather than a professional mental health care provider.

It’s easy …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/stigma-that-hurts-most-is-one-we-put-on-ourselves/ on Feb 19, 2019

All too often I hear my mentally ill peers shame themselves for their symptoms or treatments. When it feels as if the whole world is against us, it’s more important than ever …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/my-suicide-attempts-were-not-a-sign-of-weakness/ on Mar 19, 2019

Far too often I hear others say something in regards to the supposition that suicide is about weakness. I can see how it might seem that way from the outside looking in, …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/key-to-good-mental-health-is-how-you-handle-whatever-happens/ on Apr 16, 2019

The periods in my life when I was the most balanced and stable were not necessarily the most peaceful or happiest times. They were, however, the times I was best prepared with …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/the-reality-of-food-addiction-being-enslaved-to-a-habit/ on Jun 18, 2019

Addiction: The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.…

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/journey-to-recovery-i-am-not-my-addiction/ on Dec 16, 2019

They say to “never judge a book by its cover,” and this couldn’t be truer for Regina Davis, a certified peer support specialist with SC SHARE, a recovery-based mental health organization based …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/special-crisis-training-helps-bridge-gap-with-understanding/ on Sept 14, 2021

For a long time there existed a friction between law enforcement and those with mental health issues. The friction was rooted in a misunderstanding on both ends. 

In 2004, NAMI (National Alliance …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/more-than-a-bad-habit-eating-disorders-are-destructive/ on Dec 14, 2021.

Eating disorders are an indiscriminate assassin relentless in pursuit with an arsenal of tactics to get the job done. Furthermore, eating disorders do not discriminate between age, assigned gender, sexual orientation, …

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/battling-food-morality-part-of-dealing-with-eating-disorders/ on Feb 16, 2021

Food morality has become a widely accepted concept among diet culture. Foods get placed in the opposing camps of “good” or “bad” with direct consequences based on the specific choices we make.…

Originally published at https://www.blufftonsun.com/standard-of-beauty-needs-to-change-not-our-bodies/ on Mar 15, 2021

For most of my life I believed I wasn’t beautiful. This was the narrative I was given until it became internalized as my absolute truth. 

I would never be the face on …