We Don’t See Mental Illness in the Mirror and it Ruins Our Communities

I cannot speak for everyone with mental illness.

As an outspoken advocate in a city with a tight-knit disability community, I am consistently invited to attend meetings, participate…

Some portions of this piece sound just like what happened to my brother on his birthday this past August. It was frightening to hear him talking to himself for long periods of time, to hear him say that my mom needed to be “saved” when she was perfectly fine, to hear him say that he needed to “make a deal” with the voices in his head “to rescue the…

Life is hard when you don’t know what you want. In august 2011 as the result of an illness my ex became quadriplegic. In July 2012 she filed for divorce and may 2015 she received full custody of out four children. She received custody because of my adhd, anxiety, depression and impulsivity. None of my issues are major. Its been nearly impossible to…

Maybe the industry/country feels the same as you do, lacking the courage to approach him. The problem with situations like this is that we are always expecting someone else to handle the situation and are too afraid to take matters into our own hands. I have also seen many situations where a person like the man you are writing about who is in and out…