Best of the Blogosphere | Creativity Contest and Mental Health

The Weekly Checkup
General Health	April 8, 2008

Enter the Mental Health and Creativity Contest! Have you or a loved one been touched by mental illness? Has your experience inspired you to write, paint or express yourself in other creative ways? NAMI and HealthCentral.com invite you to share your creative works with the community in our online Mental Health and Creativity Exhibit. Top News Big Belly Linked to Alzheimer's Risk What if "normal" blood pressure is really high blood pressure? My Life with Crohn's Disease: "Kiss Me Goodbye" If I'm Lactose Intolerant, Do I Have to Avoid All Dairy or Just Milk? Could Peanut Allergies Be Relieved By "Franken-Peanuts?" Best of the Blogosphere Best of the Health Blogosphere: Pluck and Chronic Diseases It's a difficult line to walk, this sharing of your life when you have a serious and/or chronic condition. Because on one hand, I think a lot of us do it to shine a light on the darkness, to create a community between people who historically have been very isolated and emotionally feel alone in this state of non-health, a state that is rarely publicized because, well, let's face it - it's sort of icky, innit?

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