When it comes to mental health there are statistics for everything it seems. So how does someone not become a statistic? It seems like its impossible really. Scientists and reasearchers live on them. Journalists and the media like to throw around any numbers they like, and sometimes I wonder if most of those stats are actually from reliable sources. In a world where everything is a statistic, how can I keep myself from being one? I guess I will just focus on the positive statistics I am a part of. I am in the minority when it comes to bipolar and substance abuse. I've never been institutionalized. Medication works for me (to an extent but hey, even a little is better than not at all right?). Those statistics I don't mind being a part of.
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