Mental Health

The Battle

It’s never easy feeling this way. It’s impossible to even understand it yourself, let alone describe to someone else in hopes that they’ll…

Bluebird

It’s great to be a man isn’t it? We don’t go through the painful birthing of another human, our bodies are designed to withstand heavy items…

When Saving a Life Changes Yours

I felt the sharp pain of loss for the first time when I was 20 years old. I had lost people before…

Finding Purpose In The Pain — Welcome To The Machine

“Johnny this is your grandmother you need to…

The Fear of Breaking

I remember the first time I felt a little different; like I had a piece of darkness inside of me that I couldn’t quite…

While I agree with you that there are various levels of help people who suffer from mental illnesses need to get better, I don’t think it really helps to belittle anyone else’s story of what helped them.

Nothing in this life is a ‘one size fits all’ type of solution. That being said, telling someone who’s sharing their story…

Why We Need To Talk About High-Functioning Depression

Amanda Leventhal, a college student at the University of Missouri, appears to have it all together. She’s not someone many would characterize as “depressed” and yet, she is. It wasn’t until she wrote an essay on her struggles that her…

Creatives Aga;nst Depression + Resource Magazine

Nothing in Life is Guaranteed.

I’m an artist, author, and entrepreneur who suffers from depression. The level of depression from one person to the next can vary from simple sorrow, to crippling doubt and an inability to react. I fall on the latter scale. It’s only been within the last couple of months, at…