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		<title>Where I&#8217;ve Been</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have noticed, I took a prolonged break from my blog.  This could have been for many reasons.  Getting my heart broken (true), getting my medication balanced out after it was clear the one I was on was total crap (true), or turning a new page in life (also true).  But if I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=250&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For what it&#8217;s worth&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For what it&#8217;s worth, it&#8217;s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you are proud of And if you find that you&#8217;re not, I hope you have the strength To start all over again.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=248&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometime&#8217;s I get tired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in my last post that I was coming down from a manic episode.  Well, that&#8217;s not the whole story.  You see, ever since I had a toxic reaction to jumping my lamictal dose too quickly, I&#8217;ve been staying at 50 milligrams.   The problem is I&#8217;ve also been feeling like crap.  So I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=224&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That isn&#8217;t who I am</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/214/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Isn&#8217;t it also that on some fundamental level we find it difficult to understand that other people are human beings in the same way that we are? We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.”  - John Green, Paper Towns I was recently told that I&#8217;ve been slacking on my blog-writing duties and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=214&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chase the Butterflies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I chased a butterfly for almost 20 minutes.  Well, I don&#8217;t want to say chased, I guess.  I followed slowly, careful not to scare it off, as it flitted from place to place.  I was mesmerized by it&#8217;s beauty and grace.  I was excited to be so close to something so remarkable.  Something so&#8230;well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=205&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why My Hair is Gone</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/why-my-hair-is-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I chopped all my hair off.  Instead of falling a few inches below my shoulders, it&#8217;s now a short pixie cut.  A pretty dramatic change that caused my co-workers to do a double take.  It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been thinking of doing for a long time and a few days ago, in a moment of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=196&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September &#8211; Hydrocephalus Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/september-hydrocephalus-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/september-hydrocephalus-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who know me personally (or follow me on Twitter) know that lately, I&#8217;ve had a mission &#8211; to raise awareness for Hydrocephalus.  This year, I&#8217;ve really had to come to terms with my diagnosis and realize that it means certain limitations for me.  I can&#8217;t live the life of a typical college [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=190&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith in the Midst of Trials</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/faith-in-the-midst-of-trials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, someone thanked me for showing them what faith in the midst of trials looked like.  I was dumbfounded. I have, by no means, super strong faith.  I struggle sometimes with my medical problems and if it&#8217;s fair that God gave them to me.  I get frustrated with God sometimes when things [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=186&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re All a Little Cracked</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/were-all-a-little-cracked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have done a lot of stupid crap in my life.  Seriously.  I don’t know about you guys but this girl already has a list of mistakes a mile long at the age of eighteen.  I guess I’m just an overachiever like that. I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago.  (Fine.  It was David. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=177&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slit Ventricle Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://mybrokencranium.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/slit-ventricle-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lindseypresnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever have one of those days?  All my fellow Hydroheads are nodding right now. So&#8230;remember that blog I just did about how I did so much better on the shunt?  Well, apparently, the change in my condition might have nothing to do with my change in treatment.  Good news or bad news?  Well, I&#8217;m not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mybrokencranium.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25001191&#038;post=167&#038;subd=mybrokencranium&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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