{"id":7990,"date":"2014-04-23T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T00:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:04:07","slug":"guest-blogger-pt-2-gayathri-ramprasad-author-of-shadows-in-the-sun-on-speaking-the-truth-about-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/guest-blogger-pt-2-gayathri-ramprasad-author-of-shadows-in-the-sun-on-speaking-the-truth-about-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger pt. 2 Gayathri Ramprasad- author of Shadows in the Sun on Speaking the Truth about Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"speaking-truth\"<\/a>I am sitting here with author, speaker and mental health advocate Gayathri Ramprasad. (Click here<\/em> <\/a>to read her original guest post.)<\/p>\n

She just told me this story.<\/p>\n

“The Indian national motto says:\u00a0 Satyameva Jayate. In English it means, “Truth Alone Triumphs.”\u00a0 As a child I was raised by parents who taught me that honesty is the greatest virtue- they were hardworking and modest people. And yet I remember at age 25 in 1987 sitting in a psychiatrist\u2019s office in Bangalore, India getting my diagnosis of depression and anxiety and in a heartbeat believing \u00a0that my truth about mental illness would destroy not just me and my family but generations to come.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately things haven’t changed a whole lot- we are still so terrified to share the truth about our mental illness whether at home, in our community, at work or places of worship- we are terrified to share our truth and yet I go back to the philosophy on the flag- Does truth alone triumph?<\/p>\n

Does it?<\/p>\n

My answer finally is YES.\u00a0Ultimately\u00a0the truth is\u00a0that mental illness is a human experience and a part of the continuum from illness to wellness. People with mental illness can thrive- it’s a truth.\u00a0 My life is a testament to this motto.\u00a0\u00a0And it’s a\u00a0truth I want to share with the world.”<\/p>\n

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Truth Alone Triumphs<\/p>\n

Gayathri! You are an amazing woman!\u00a0\u00a0 Julie<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read more about Shadows in the Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"speaking-truth\"<\/a>I am sitting here with author, speaker and mental health advocate Gayathri Ramprasad. (Click here <\/a>to read her original guest post.)<\/p>\n

She just told me this story.<\/p>\n

“The Indian national motto says: Satyameva Jayate. In English it means, “Truth Alone Triumphs.” As a child I was raised by parents who taught me that honesty is the greatest virtue- they were hardworking and modest people. And yet I remember at age 25 in 1987 sitting in a psychiatrist\u2019s office in Bangalore, India getting my diagnosis of depression and anxiety and in a heartbeat believing that my truth about mental illness would destroy not just me and my family but generations to come.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately things haven’t changed a whole lot- we are still so terrified to share the truth [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11325,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions\/11325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}