Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Jeremy Divinity “If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. So please don’t cry, just know that I have made these songs for you”, hip-hop artist Kid Cudi professes to his fans on his song “The Prayer”. As an artist, Kid Cudi is Continue Reading
By Andressa Andrade Earlier this year I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I had been struggling with my physical health for months, and had a stomach illness that made me feel sick all the time. Because I could barely eat anything and lost a lot of weight, leaving the Continue Reading
By Alan D.D. There was a day when I felt as I haven’t felt for a long while. Something was calling me, something saying my name over and over again. It yelled for me to take advantage of the emptiness I felt inside, the freezing cold that grew in my Continue Reading
By Gabriela I haven’t been okay in quite a while. I like to paint a smile on my face and pretend I’m invincible, like I have all of the answers, but that’s not true. I still struggle, and I still hurt. I still get the living shit beat out of Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis Humans search for happiness in the oddest ways. We look to other people, we try to change locations, we seek out fame and fortune, yet all these things are as useful as blowing soap bubbles. Happiness is somewhere else? While cruising the web last evening, I fell Continue Reading
By Elli A few weeks ago I wrote a letter to my strong, exhausted friend. (You can read it here.) At so many points in my life I have been the person who needed to read that letter, and often I still am. But I am re-learning how to live Continue Reading
By Craig Inches Modern Warrior We live in an age of warfare, not only along national, religious, political differences, but personal warfare. Every day millions of us wake each morning to do battle with our inner demons. For each day we survive, fresh scars upon our minds and souls; we Continue Reading
By Amysboardlineworld Self-care is something that is found everywhere in the media at the moment, and rightly so. I too, am always talking or writing about it, and I read regular posts and articles about it all the time. The Blurt Foundation are an excellent example of self-care advocates, and Continue Reading
By Anon When you hear about mental health problems, the stigma instantly makes you think bad things. However, when I’ve opened up to my friends about my struggles with anxiety, their first response is ‘Oh, but you seem like you’ve got it together.’ Owning my anxiety helps me cope. A Continue Reading
By Alan D.D. There are a thousand thoughts inside our heads, and we need somewhere to put them. We need a place where they can be expressed, freely and fearlessly, a little escape for such a heavy mental weight. I’ve used drawings and sometimes tried to sing along to my Continue Reading
By Khali Raymond Living with Asperger’s is not an easy feat. It never is. Imagine yourself in a room full of people. All of those people are laughing and mingling. Meanwhile, you aren’t. You’re sitting there in the corner all alone, watching everyone make nice with each other. Nobody even Continue Reading
By Eddie Kedge It’s so easy to feel like the world and everyone in it’s gone batty. We have a morally vacant and cowardly government. We have a mass shooting once a week. And we can’t even binge on Netflix to escape because (surprise!) our favorite actors, directors and producers Continue Reading