The last 3 years I’ve set aside the drawing paper and pen during Mental health Awareness month to write for the Blog PARTY at the APA.  Below I’ve highlighted four of the blog I wrote for that is listed on the round-up page.

Mental Health Month Blog Party

2012 – Round Up

Most recently updated at 4 p.m. EDT, May 17.

• My Florida Families – Anger had built up. I got help
• Time to Consider the Lilies – An Altered State
• Desperate for Something – Blogging for mental health
• Food for Thought – Mental Health Blogging Party
• Make This Look Awesome – Mental Health Blog Party 
• Character Strength (A PsychCentral Blog) – Mental Health: Thinking, Feeling & Acting From Your Strengths
• Mourning Has Broken- Blog Party For Mental Health: an eating disorder revisited
• The Pink Underbelly – Blog Party, APA Style
• Insites – Mental Health Stigma in Sports — How Negative Messaging is Making It Harder for Athletes to Seek Help
• Thinklife Coaching Blog – I’m Blogging for Mental Health 
• Mental Health Blog – Mental Health Month – Abraham Hicks – Chill Your Way into the Vortex
• Nancy’s Point – Cancer, Depression & the Fear Factor
• A Blog on Psychology – Mark of Cain?
• My Life is Music – I’m Blogging for Mental Health 2012
• Global Insights - Faith, Hope and Healing: Reflections on Volunteering as a Psychologist in Haiti
• Character Strengths (a PsychCentral blog) – Mental Health: Thinking, Feeling & Acting From Your Strengths
• Is it me or what? I’ve been noticing … – Imagine A World Without the Stigma of Mental Illness
• Sisyphus Bound – Unwanted Guests, or the Masks Who Are Ourselves

• Words of the Wisdomless – Real Wisdom

• ChildPsychMom – Got a brain? Then you’ve got mental health
• My Meds, My Self ( a PsychCentral blog) Is Early Intervention Worth It?
• MHASF Blog – Happy Mental Health Blog Day!
• Dr. Stephanie – Motherhood: Knowing when to pick your battles
• Breaking Bipolar (A HealthyPlace Blog)- Writing Off People with a Mental Illness Hurts You, Not Us
• Mourning is Real – Blog Party For Mental Health: an eating disorder revisited
• OPA Committee on Social Responsibility – Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds

• Recovery Peer Specialists CRPS – I’m Blogging About Bloggers Who Blogged Today For Mental Health And the APA Blog Party

• Beautiful Beginnings – Mental Health Blog Day: The facts!
• enBloom Media – Have You Ever Talked A Jumper Down from Her Ledge?
• Hope Is Real – New Girl, Please Don’t Stigmatize Mental Illness 
• Surviving ED (A Healthy Place Blog) – The Truth About Anorexia
• Service Poodle Outreach/Outdoor Tour – A Taste of Life Without Stigma
• Hope Network.in – Five Quick Steps You can take to Reduce Mental Illness Stigma
• Dr. Erlanger Turner’s Blog – Seeking Therapy for Your Child: Every Parent has a Different Journey
• Priscilla Warner’s Blog – Happiness
• Just Call Me Frank: One Womans Endeavour at Being Frank – A Message To Your Diagnosis
• So Now You Know – Sometimes you have to die to live
• Redesigning Mental Illness – Getting closer to people with mental illness in your church or community
• Psych Thoughts – Lagniappe
• Julie Sutter – Why I love my new job marketing mental health at Sage
• beautyfrompainblog – Feeling suicidal is not something to be ashamed of
• Madmannomore’s Blog – Desert Island (Slipped) Discs
• Mindfulness Muse – Rise Above Stigma: Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues
• Robyn’s Online World – May is Mental Health Month – Why It Is Important To Me
• Dr. Nabil Hassan El-Ghoroury’s Blog – Juxtaposition of the Autistic and the Artistic
• MM172001’s Blog – May 16th Blog for Mental Health
• Where Do We Go Now – The Importance of Prioritizing Your Mental Health
• Sage Neuroscience Center – Why is Mental Health Important?

• Mental Health Humor (a PsychCentral blog) – I’m Blogging For Mental Health: May 16th, 2012

• Little Cheesehead on the Prairie – Mental Health Awareness Month: Ending the Stigma
• Running on the Rhode – Blogging for Mental Health. Yes, it relates to running
• CCTBeveryCentCounts – May is Mental Health Month!
• Mental Illness in the Family ( a HealthyPlace blog )- Diagnosis: Mental Illness. The Moment of Truth
• Coping With Depression (HealthyPlace Blog) – What’s Not True About Depression
• Dr. Ann Becker Schutte – Blogging For Mental Health : My Time in the Dark
• The Jessica Dall Blog – Mental Health Month
• Hearting Handmade – Secret Week 3: I Was Kidnapped
• Child Space – Stigma- What It Is and Why It Gets In The Way of Children Receiving Mental Health Treatment
• Losing the Shadow Behind Me – 2012 I’m Blogging About Mental Health Day
• Judith Barnard’s Blog – Still Frightened of Mental Illness?
• The Bipolar Burble – The Desperation of Mental Illness and Depression
• Watchtower 2.0 – Dealing with Mental Illness
• Safe Start Center – Children and Stress
• If You’re Going Through Hell Keep Going – Love, Labels and Lies
• Mombita – La importancia desconocida de la salud mental (in Spanish)
• The Real Me: No Holding Back – Where is my Resurrection?
• Healthy Place – Writing Off People with a Mental Illness Hurts You, Not Us
• Rain City Badger -What To Do if Someone You Know Comes Out With a Mental Illness
• Panic about Anxiety (PsychCentral Blog) – Video: Why do I blog about my own mental health
• BeePea.com – Bipolar Motherhood: What it Means to be “Mom Enough
• Life Your Way – Underground Fight Club
• SoundScape Music Therapy – Song Spotlight: “Smile” – In Honor Of Mental Health Awareness Month
• High Heels and Hot Flashes – Menopause, Mental Health and Me
• Melissa’s House – Melissa’s House: Providing a Home and Peace of Mind
• The Little Theatre of Alexandria – Mental Health & Theatre: Artistic Temperaments
• Metanoia – Blogging for Mental Health
• Do the Right Thing (a Psychology Today blog) – Mental Health Treatment: Don’t just take a Pill
• Feisty Blue Gecko- A Tail of the Unexpected – Blogging for Mental Health
• ReachOut – 6 reasons why volunteering is good for you
• My Florida Families – Anger had built up. I got help.
• HealthyPlace – My Experience With Mental Illness and Addiction
• The Wolf 101.5 FM- Wounded Warriors
• Happy in Nepa – May is Mental Health Month
• Private Practice Toolbox (a PsychCentral Blog) – 20 Ways Shrinks Stay Sane
• My Fabulous Forties – Random adventures in life – I’m blogging for mental health
• divyne n healthy – I’m Blogging for Mental Health…And Why You Should Care

• BPHope.com – I’m Blogging for Mental Health – Mental Health Month Blog Party – May 16, 2012

• Prozac Monologues – Prozac Monologues
• Insight – Blogging about Mental Health for Family and Friends
• 20 Commandments for Mental Health Workers – The Importance of Family Support
• Life on the Hill - I have mental illness and I take medication so that I’m OK
• Surviving with Bipolar Disorder – To Share or Not to Share…That Is the Question
• Madmannomore’s Blog – Desert Island (Slipped) Discs
• Pursuit of Peace – The Dangers of Stigma
• Running for Autism – The Truth About Postpartum Depression
• Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer – Blogging for Mental Health
• Candidaabrahamson – Just the Facts, Ma’am; The Numbers Don’t Lie: Not Servicing the Mentally Ill
• Research Digest- Blogging for Mental Health
• The Voice of Our Song- Nobody Knows
• Verbal Abuse in Relationships (a HealthyPlace blog) – Domestic Abuse and Depression
• Anxiety-Schmanxiety (a HealthyPlace blog) – Are You Deciding Whether to Use Medication for Anxiety?
• Coping with Depression (a HealthyPlace blog) – What’s Not True About Depression
• More Than Borderline (a HealthyPlace blog) – Original Song: Not Beaten Yet
• Champions Career Center- Samantha’s Story: One of our Clients Gets Her Dream Job
• Stacy’s Flutterings – Talking About Mental Illness
• Semi Urban Homesteading – A Journey Through Mental Illness Toward Wholeness
• From Where I Stand – The Invisible Wounds of Trauma
• A Social Worker Believes – Your Therapist is in Therapy
• NochNoch – for me the bells toll – taking a break, getting married
• The Mood Ring – Mental Health Month Blog Party
• OCD Talk – Mental Health Blog Party
• Healthy Place – Mental Health Awareness: How Early Experiences Shape Self-Esteem
• SimpLee Serene – #mhblogday There is no stopping or starting – only doing!
• Mental Illness in the Family (a Healthy Place blog) - Parenting and Schizophrenia: A Degree in “MRG”
• Freelance Writer and Social Worker – Living and Writing with Bipolar Disorder – Staying on the Road
• Ameliamims –  Let’s End Stigma
• Healthy Place – Addiction Stigma and Celebrating Mental Health
• Soundscape Music Therapy – Song Spotlight: “Smile” – In Honor Of Mental Health Awareness Month
• Raisin Questions – What do fish cakes have to do with mental health?
• Debunking Addiction Blog (a HealthyPlace blog) - My Experience with Mental Health Stigma
• The PsychContinuingEd.com Blog – We can’t be bystanders on mental health care disparities
• Hands On Blog – May is Mental Health M