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Sep 10, 2015, 11:38 PM

All Alone at Home … BUT, not out of choice

Rosh Hashanah will soon be here, and for most of us, it will be a time of prayer, a time of exchanging gifts, then the time to walk into a relative's home and dealing with a large, happy family sitting...

Sep 3, 2015, 11:14 PM

Chronic Invisible Illness Week

Chronic Invisible Illness Week is here again and I have made a short list of things that people who suffer from the above-mentioned illnesses least want to hear. You should go out more. You may be suffering but, there are...

Aug 27, 2015, 8:47 PM

50 Shades of…S T I G M A

STIGMA is defined as a sign of disgrace or discredit, which sets a person apart from the rest of us. STIGMA is a marker for adverse experiences, among them, a sense of shame, and is still perceived as a sign...

Aug 20, 2015, 12:57 PM

A Unique Family

In 1984, a son who they named Eran, was born to Major General Doron Almog and his wife Didi. Sadly, the child was severely disabled, lacking fibers to connect the two halves of his brain. Eran learned to walk...

Aug 13, 2015, 7:13 PM

A Perfectly Normal Moment?

"I'm going to the supermarket," I called out. "To the nearest one. Won't be long," I called out to nobody in particular, scooped up my purse and walked towards my car. Our local supermarket was a hazardous place at...

Aug 6, 2015, 11:51 PM

(Coping with mental Illness and other brain illnesses.) A long time ago, I attended a support group with the lecture topic: Stop making yourself unhappy, which left an indelible impression on me. We all experience times of sadness, but there is a difference...

Jul 31, 2015, 12:44 AM

This blog ends with a four-letter-word …

Living with sadness, shock and grief is not easy, but not only did I survive, my children did too. It took a great deal of time and heartache, but we learned to move on to overcome adversity. I even...

Jul 16, 2015, 6:18 PM

Hey, my name is NOT schizophrenia!

"Your daughter has schizophrenia," the psychiatrist said -- paranoid schizophrenia." "Oh no! Anything but that," my friend whispered. "Couldn't she have contracted a heart problem or even leukemia or ... ?" she said in a choking kind of voice. "But heart disease and leukemia can be fatal,"...

Jun 23, 2015, 9:18 AM

I lived with mental illness in my family

D O R O N I only have a picture now A frozen piece of time To remind me how it was When you were here and fine. I see your smiling eyes Each morning when I wake. I talk to you and place a kiss Upon your handsome face. How much I...

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About Me

Jill volunteers for ENOSH, the Israel Mental Health Association and received a prestigious award in the Knesset for this work in Jan. 2012. She has written books, been included in two Anthologies, one in Israel in Hebrew and one in Canada, and has had articles published in the USA,England and Canada.