We're currently featured in two big campaigns around Chicago: Bria, our very own Team NoStigmas Chicago Marathon runner (and highest fundraiser), is being featured on a billboard at 154 W. Hubbard St, multiple transportation hubs and at several Bank of America banking...
It started in fifth grade. Before that point, I had been very sheltered and, though I knew about bullying, it had never happened to me. Then my best friend started to say some weird things to me. She’d put down activities I was partaking in, saying they were ‘Stupid’...
Astha Dugar “People think they are all sort of things they aren’t’ he had said. ‘They think they are talented when they’re not; they think they’re powerful when they’re actually just bullies; they think they’re good when they’re bad. People fools themselves all the...
When a Friend Dies by Suicide By Jacob Moore She landed the “gig” of a lifetime, an opportunity that would change everything. Months in advance she booked a hotel downtown, the car that would take her there and planned every other detail of her trip... except...
Amanda Wall Hi, my Name is Amanda. I am 38 and mother of 4. I have Anxiety and Depression. It takes me a lot to get through a day sometimes and other days are a joy. I am not shy about who I am or my mental issues. This face art I did was a tribute to my mother...
Paula Tretkoff I will be sixty years old in August and I live with paranoid schizophrenia, as did my mother, and, I suspect, her father. Despite the severity of my symptoms, I only received a correct diagnosis about ten years ago. I am Professor in the Department of...
Ashley Confidence plays such a big part in what we do, how we hold ourselves and how we are in everyday situations. There were many times where I would put on a front, paint on a smile just simply to fit in. The problem with that is, when its taking effort, it’s very...
Kat Smith Why do I always say “Fine” or “Good” when asked “How are you?”, why would I muster up a smile on the bad days when I feel like crying? Why would someone who prides herself on being a morally upright and honest person deliberately lie so often?Because, if I...
Adrian Nuno A few years ago, my twin brother made a slam poem in reaction to various occurrences going on around us, in our county and in the media. Not too long after he wrote the poem, my twin brother and I took it upon ourselves to finally make this poem into a...
Jaime Payne My heart aches sometimes. From what I can tell, it’s referred pain from my brain being sick. I don’t really remember a time I wasn’t depressed or anxious. Once I was diagnosed, my mom said she always knew I “wasn’t like the other kids.” She unjustly blames...
