So many young people are taking their own lives before their life even truly begins. Why is that? Maybe it’s a home situation, maybe it’s …
The Truth About Borderline Personality Disorder
I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder this year. My psychiatrist and I had debated for six weeks whether or not it was the right …
May You Live Every Day of Your Life by Danielle
My eyes flicked around the room, like looking at stuff would make the time go faster. I heard someone smashing the piano keys in the …
BATTLEFIELD by Keren Chelsea
I WILL NOT LEAVE MY DEAD ON THE GROUND. LET ME SING FOR THE FALLEN; LET ME MOURN AND LET ME WEEP. LET ME LOOK …
John Corey Whaley Discusses Rejection, Mental Illness, and Highly Illogical Behavior
On April 30th at the YALLWEST book festival in Santa Monica, California, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with John Corey Whaley — …
I Stopped Wishing I Was Dead by Keren Chelsea
november has gone: thirty days passed by and i’m still striving. my hands no longer shake from the tragedy inside my lungs but it is …
Dear Depression
Dear Depression, You suck. You come and go, but you mostly come back to me when I’m stressed. You make me overthink things and make …
Sixteen by Caroline Lincoln Catlin
you told me about yellow teeth and a thin reaching fur that grew over skin then glued me to a plastic chair and made me …
Dear Hope: A Mental Health Blog That’s Transforming Lives Through Personal Stories and Photography
While browsing through the blog Dear Hope, you’d never know that it was created for a class assignment. The blog hosts creative writing, informative articles, …