Invisible Illness

Invisible Illness

Chandrayan Gupta

How My English Teacher’s Suicide Prevented My Own

An ode to the best teacher I have ever had, who, in taking her own life, opened my eyes to the agony of those left behind

14h ago

How My English Teacher’s Suicide Prevented My Own

14h ago

Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW, RSW

Intuition vs Triggers

How to accurately read people without letting past trauma cloud your judgement

1d ago

Intuition vs Triggers

1d ago

Purbita Chakraborty

If You Only Build Staircases, I Will Always Fall Behind

Surviving in an ableist world that keeps gaslighting my invisible disability

2d ago

A spiral staircase with gentle slopes. Some people are at the bottom of the staircase and some are in the middle.

2d ago

Clifford Jones

What I See In Bottles Lying By the Side of the Road

Join me for a short walk near my home in Arizona

2d ago

What I See In Bottles Lying By the Side of the Road

2d ago

Fleurine Tideman

Entering a New Relationship With My Mental Health Baggage

I felt like a disease

2d ago

Entering a New Relationship With My Mental Health Baggage

2d ago

Mark D Rego

How Modern Life and Technology Can Make You Mentally Ill

And some ways to keep yourself well

3d ago

How Modern Life and Technology Can Make You Mentally Ill

3d ago

Jenn L.

How Trauma Made Me Shut People Out

Emotional neglect from my childhood made me feel invisible and caused me to isolate myself.

3d ago

How Trauma Made Me Shut People Out

3d ago

Milena Babic

The Lingering Fear of My Brother’s Suicide

And learning to let go

4d ago

A back view of a man standing on the edge of the abyss. Word “no” made of concrete behind his back.

4d ago

Christie Sausa M.S.

The Seven Reasons ADHD Made Me Feel Weird — Until Now

And how embracing my neurodivergence is changing everything.

6d ago

The Seven Reasons ADHD Made Me Feel Weird — Until Now

6d ago

Mary McGrath

The Many Dangers of Being Gay

How could I be so naive?

Dec 7

The Many Dangers of Being Gay

Dec 7

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Editors

Ryan Fan

Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:35 marathon runner. Diehard fan of “The Wire.”

Meredith Arthur

Chief of Staff of TwoTwenty @Pinterest. I wrote the book Get Out Of My Head: Inspiration for Overthinkers in an Anxious World, out now.

Juliette Roanoke, RN

Hospice Nurse | Mental Health Advocate | Social justice seeker | Silver lining finder | Domestic violence escapee | Surprisingly fast runner

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