Sheree Braswell

  Me with my two prescriptions and my "Everybody Vs. Stigma" tee shirt Hey Loves!       Hope you are doing okay during this pandemic?! I wanted to share this blogpost on "reasons why I take my meds" in 2017 but it was too emotional for me. Now that I'm growing in my mental health advocacy, people are sharing with me their gratitude in my transparency. This causes me to want to blog even the more in sharing my journey with mental illness into mental wellness. I'm not sure if you are struggling with the idea of taking medication because you feel you don't need it. You are so afraid of what others will think of you and even a potential partner. You feel like you don't want to become "addicted" to the medication. You feel pill shamed and that it has something to do with not having enough faith in God as a Healer. You are so ashamed of your mental diagnosis and are so ashamed of taking medication. You do NOT want to be labeled as "CRAZY...

  Sneak peak from my 29th Birthday shoot (May 29th) Hey Loves! Before you jump into assumptions, it's not what you think!  I just wanted to grab your attention to share something that's been on my heart and to encourage someone else----that you do NOT have to wait til after you are married to share your mental health story. I get men and women in my DM's saying that they wish they could have the courage or bravery to share about them being diagnosed with a mental illness. I want to encourage you that YOU CAN! Someone needs to hear your story... me opening up about myself living with a mental illness was hard but the more I do it and reveal to you guys, the easier it becomes. I'm constantly working on talking about me living with Bipolar Disorder to become as easy as breathing.  Sometimes, I still have to affirm myself and break the shame that I've felt because sometimes my mind goes down memory lane of all the episodes, nervous breakdowns and things I've said an...