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Stephanie Paige has lived with Major Depressive Disorder since her teens. When she was diagnosed, it was challenging to live with depression in a society that highly stigmatized it during the late 1990s. After the birth of her daughter, she was hit by surprise with severe postpartum depression and anxiety. She knew she was at risk for these conditions but was hopeful she would escape them. As a new mother, anxiety entered her life and never left, like an obnoxious unwelcome neighbor. When her daughter was a care-free eight-year-old, Stephanie yearned for another child. She chose to foster a toddler but tragically wasn't able to keep him due to her mental health rapidly declining. The aftermath was a brutal struggle with PTSD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, panic attacks, and a debilitating depression; she managed to survive one of the most tumultuous times in her life, ending in a triumphant rising from the ashes of trauma.

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Stephanie Paige is a 30-something who has struggled with Persistent Depressive Disorder & Major Depressive Disorder since age 14 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder since age 34, with Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety and PTSD mixed in there. She is the mother of one beautiful preteen daughter. With the strength of her husband, parents, and her child (& two crazy felines), she has survived six bouts of Major Depression and has become a huge advocate of Mental Illness. She advocates through words on her blog, spaigewrites.com, Stigma Fighters & The Mighty. In addition, she is a contributing author to A Dark Secret: Real Women Share Their Trials and Triumphs of Their Battle with Maternal Mental Health Illness as well as Stigma Fighters Anthologies II, III & IV. Stephanie wants to let others know they are not alone and that is her striving force to sharing her story.

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