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Lisa McLaughlin
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Writer / Speaker / Mental Health Advocate / Peer Specialist / Humorist / She / Her

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Five days off commences (Rocky is under the covers)
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For my next story: What helps you survive the holidays?

Funny and serious responses welcome. I mostly want to offer others some tips if it’s a tough time of year.
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My latest piece explores the mental health elements of the new Springsteen biopic.

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The Bruce Springsteen biopic is an ode to men getting help
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" encourages men to get help for their mental health and go to therapy
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October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My latest, in honor of World Mental Health Day!

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My Mental Health Recovery Story
Or, I overcame a bunch of shit like the absolute badass I am story
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October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today is the second anniversary of when my husband told me he’d never been to a Marshall’s. 🎂
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Today is tomorrow, cousin.”

-Richie from “The Bear”
August 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“Tomorrow is today, cousin.”

-Richie from “The Bear”
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
That I can’t or shouldn’t get married. 15 years married and 22 in the same relationship.
August 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy Monday or not
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
August 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
August 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“I think the best things in life begin from, sometimes, the worst things in life. But not without effort. Not without hopes and dreams.”

-Pat Morita
August 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lookin’ at birds
August 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reading this book, which is often recommended by clinicians I work with.

Did you know?

-Most studies find that 50% of the people with serious mental illness don’t take their medication. The most common reason is poor insight into illness (for physical reasons, not that the person is stubborn)
August 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Current status is listening to “How I Could Just Kill a Man” by Rage Against the Machine on my Michael Collins playlist while apologizing to everyone in Wegmans for being in their way
August 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
1000% my husband
July 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
July 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
July 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Me when I saw doughnuts and mumchkins in the nurses station yesterday
July 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM