The Bipolar Storyteller
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...
A Nurse with Mental Illness
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...
Learning to Rest and Not to Quit
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...
No One Should Suffer in Silence
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...
Miracles in Unexpected Places
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...
Mental Illness Matters
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...
Fear: The Toxic Beast
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-...
Breathe in Hope
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...
I Will Not Deny the Story
Jean Even though it has been almost two years since Steve took his own life, there are those who still do not agree with my talking freely about his suicide. Yes, the embarrassment and stigma associated with suicide is still alive and well.I have done a lot of soul...
Beautiful Bipolar
Dani “I was Bipolar. I AM Bipolar.” Danielle Workman, a once blogger turned author, was faced with what she deemed terminal in her ill mind; a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. In this book she details her adventures and her experiences with this mental illness,...
Recovery in Medical School
Zachary A simple, innocent question that, for most, would warrant a one or two sentence response. It is well known that medical school is unbelievably rigorous. Diseases run rampant. Students spend a significant amount of time in a hospital or in a clinic, constantly...
Slippery Slope to the Bottom and to the Top
I’ve always been anxious. When I was in nursing school I asked how to tell when an idiosyncrasy crossed the mental illness threshold. It seemed to boil down to whether or not a person could function in society. Can you hold a job? Can you make friends? What I’ve...
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