Advocacy Centre

Why is this Blog different? Why should you all read this? Why should I write it? Or we, actually... there is a team behind this project. A project of Advocacy... for everything. There are very specific sites, for cancer, mental illnesses, sectioned off, which are WONDERFUL... however they can be hard to get to, all the non-profit webbies, and all the information. So this is for everything that we find physical, mental, emotional, everything that needs to be addressed, and some things that most people do not even think of.

ONE in every THREE women will be abused/ raped/ coerced into unwanted sex in her lifetime. 1/3 of American women will be BEATEN. One study showed over 92,000 MEN will be raped in a YEAR. Over 1 MILLION Americans in 1 YEAR were raped.

ONE in SEVENTEEN Americans will suffer from a SERIOUS mental illness, most will be young, in late teens early twenties. That means at least one in each and every class you have ever been in. Many college/ university campuses are overwhelmed by depression, the schizophrenias, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, self- injury, and many others. Ivy League campuses down to the state level. Suicide is rising.

AIDS, Cancers, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and many others are rising and yet many have no idea what these are, outside of cancer and STD's.

It is this team's hope to provide a gathering place for resources and bottom line information about the known and unknown... and maybe a bit about our personal experiances on the way.

Who am I?

Well, I am no more than a *now* generation professional with some big quirks. At the moment I am trying to avoid sleeping. I think I have finally figured out why it is so hard to go to sleep. I used to believe I had no phobia (except for cockroaches, a different story), and now I know about Somniphobia... a fear of sleeping or going to sleep. Along with the most wonderful anxiety provoking things, sleep should just NOT be on the list. And there are MANY phobias no one thinks about.

List of possible phobias (not comprehensive)

Wikipedia about Somniphobia

I could find very little information (links especially) on these subjects...

Well it is just wrong in so many ways!

Phonophobia- being afraid of loud noises... not just being startled, but tensing even when you think there is a possibility of a loud noise(s).

Psych Wiki

So... about me...

I am a lawyer in Antarctica! Figure out if that is true or not.

I struggle a lot and I like to write, so a lot of poetry and stories will debut on this page as well (hey a blog has to be personal as well, right?) I was sexually abused as a child, and I tend to lean towards the crazier side of the life spectrum. I am a BIG supporter of natural *cures*, homeopathic medicines, however I do go to the doctor if it is necessary. Pharmaceuticals just do not work very well for me. But everyone is different.

Just call me A... as in the first writer of the team.