I have a light up sign in my office that says "normal is boring". I've never wanted to be normal or boring. What I have wanted to be was a happy wife and mother who could post "beautiful" pictures of my family on social media. By doing this I would...
Angela Single As I sat on my couch to do some school work at a time when I should not be, because I should be at school, I had a thought…Do I really “teach” mental illness? Allow me to explain my question. I am ridiculously open with my students about my mental...
Logan Meek Once upon a time, I was a high school hero. I was an athlete; I played for four years on my high schools varsity football team. I was a fantastic student; I had a 4.0 GPA throughout most of high school and scored a 33 on my ACT, and I never once studied for...
Lacie I became a Nurse to help others like me, to treat them the way I wish/wanted to be treated when I needed help, to help them be the best they can be. you see, I know what it's like to have trouble paying for meds, what it's like having side effects of...
Alyson I was 36 when I finally became a doctor. I say finally because the eight years I spent working toward my PhD were the longest, most painstaking years of my existence. Depressed and overwhelmed both with life and the impossible expectations I had set for myself...
Kyla So many times we hear stories of people "suffering" with mental illnesses. But often times it didn't feel like suffering. It felt like coping in silence. Which I guess to some extent is the same thing. Since I was 12 I knew something was off about me. I was...
Coach Lori I’ve come to understand that big problems in life that cause breakdowns mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, aren’t something that happens overnight. It’s an accumulation of life’s stressors. It’s like the story of the frog in kettle of...
Photo Credit Ellen Bond Lou I am a sexual abuse survivor who has many mental health challenges due to the abuse and who the abuser was. Among my challenges are chronic depression, anxiety, BPD and PTSD. I have just recently become more creative. I'm using this as an...
Ashley I fear. It is something ever present in my narrative, fear. There's a knot that builds within me, making my breaths shorter, my vision narrow, and my voice quiver. Fear builds upon itself like an avalanche, threatening to cloud my vision and encase me in ice-...
Nikki For so long, I felt trapped, frightful and even paralyzed. I did not know it at the time though, that I had severe depression, anxiety and was agoraphobic. I was not aware of any support available in the community. I felt completely alone in this seemingly...
