I found myself completely isolated after being bullied at school. I found myself escaping the nightmare by reading. Books keep me calm
Art and Asperger’s: The Story of How I Didn’t Let a Disorder Define Me
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
Safety Dance
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
Reflection – Letting go of the past
By Tina Blacksmith “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard This year, I have started letting go of the past and making an effort to heal. My letter is part of that reflection. It feels like one of those “two steps forward, Continue Reading
Sleeping Through Depression and Insomnia
Today I want to talk about depression and insomnia. Both have such a strong impact on everyday life. Sometimes it is so incredibly hard to sleep.
Collection of Short Stories
Joys of having a baby By Emily I’m Emily, I’m 29, and 22 months ago I had a baby girl born at 30 weeks. The whole experience was a traumatic one, ending in our baby girl being in intensive care for eight weeks before coming home. And she had to have numerous Continue Reading
Welcome to Invisible Scars of Emotional Abuse
I was emotionally abused by someone that I trusted, and when I started to fall into misery and self-hate, I was even more blind to the damage.
Social Media and Mental Health
By Tina Blacksmith It seems nowadays everywhere you look, people are on their phones. I’ve only had a cell phone for a little over a year now, and before I got one I used to call people “phone zombies”. You can probably guess why. People walk across streets with their Continue Reading
The Lasting Impact Of Suicide On Loved Ones
The lasting impact of suicide on loved ones is close to my heart. I’m holding back tears. Please stay safe. Talk to someone. If only he had known.
Too many questions
By Sophie Ann what is it? is it raw emptiness that fills my body throughout each day, every wake feeling more exhausting than the last? the airy emotion that is plastered with a smile, the “normal me” I force myself to play at school? is it the constant tapping inside Continue Reading
Sleep: The Other Half of my Bipolar Medication
By Wendy K Williamson Despite having lived with bipolar disorder for over twenty years, it wasn’t until my current psychiatrist and psychologist incorporated regular dialogues about sleep that I finally tuned in. My psychologist reminded me at many appointments that sleep was the other half of my bipolar medication. And Continue Reading
To the person who saved me
By Eleanor Johnson To the person who saved me. I truly wish I could tell you this face to face, but the reality is I think, that on my road out of hell, I damaged our friendship beyond repair. I will always regret that. The truth is though that without doing Continue Reading