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This Wave by Taylor Brown

Posted on Apr 19, 2017May 9, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

The thing about breathing is that despite it all despite how much I don’t want to sometimes, I still want to keep breathing especially on the good days on the days that I am still here mentally physically the days my body and my brain stay together like they should I’ve not had days that […]

Happy Anniversary, Depression

Posted on Apr 11, 2017May 16, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

It has been one year since I was diagnosed — although I’ve unknowingly experienced you for much longer than just these past twelve months. Since then, I have accepted much through therapy, hospitalization, and self-reflection. The learning curve was steep since I did not understand you before I was diagnosed. I still can’t completely comprehend […]

First Steps

Posted on Mar 24, 2017Apr 18, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

Everyone will no doubt go through challenges in their life, and these can be hard to overcome. No matter how hard you try, you may feel like nothing will help or that, even when you try your best, you can’t see any difference. However, the most important parts of overcoming challenges are usually the first […]

The Different Types of Depression

Posted on Mar 7, 2017Mar 28, 2017 by Hannah Green

Something that is not talked about as often as it should be is the different types of depression people have. The only two mental illnesses I seem to hear about are anxiety and depression, but there are others that are very similar and can be confused easily. This is why many people don’t actually realize what […]

My Void by Zorah

Posted on Dec 30, 2016Dec 30, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

I feel my body breaking, Like waves eroding the rocks of my soul. Tossed aside like garbage, I try to scream but no sound comes out. Desperately I try to pull myself up, But I am detained by my own weight. I am stitch in a void of nothing. Reaching out with only air to […]

If I Could Tell Her So by Lynn Vande Stouwe

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Jan 10, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

I come back from Econometrics and find Maddie swaying from a hot pink rope in our living room. It is not real. It cannot be real. She is a mannequin from a Visual Arts major’s sad diorama. Then I see her bare toes twisting above a flipped over desk chair: gnarly and bruised like always […]

The Naked Truth About Suicide

Posted on Dec 10, 2016Jan 24, 2017 by Hannah Green

Last night she nearly let go. She wondered what left her holding on. If she left, the lights would still glisten. If she left, the stars would still shine. If she left, the moon would still empower. If she left, the sun would still shower possibility. If she left, the world would go on. If […]

She’s Hurricanes by Marisa Yow

Posted on Nov 23, 2016Dec 5, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

There are some days That I just can’t seem to get myself out of bed That my heart feels so heavy it makes my head feel light That I just don’t want to wake up I cower under the safety of my blanket But it feels like a shroud for the ghost Of the little […]

Floating by Ashira Shirali

Posted on Nov 17, 2016Dec 5, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

It was raining the first time I left my body. Mom left the house to be one with the storm. Her shirt was still stained with hot tea when she left, and the floor behind me was still covered in broken glass pieces. Mom had been far away from here again, yelling about Missed Opportunities […]