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Recovery Took Me More Than One Try
In this year alone, I’ve had a suicide attempt, a drug overdose accompanied with a felony possession charge, a reckless driving conviction, a DUI conviction, I lost my job, and a host of other difficult situations.
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Tuning Out Stigma
Definitely, with a positive attitude, you can discover the hidden treasures in life, and others can discover the beauty inside of you.
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Translating Lived Experience into a Compelling Novel
Turtles All the Way Down isn’t a light-hearted, fun, young adult novel. It’s a reflection of an author’s life lived with mental illness. -
Keys to Managing Schizophrenia
"Schizophrenia is not a hopeless situation—people living with schizophrenia can experience recovery and live fulfilling lives. I’m an example of that." -
Learning to Change in Order to Heal
"For therapy to work, you have to be open to change. You have to accept that your way of thinking may be wrong and that your beliefs may be what is making you sick… I am proud to say that I changed." -
Caregivers: When to Push and When to Show Extra Compassion
"Marriage is difficult for anyone, but it’s even more challenging when you add in the complications of mental illness. My husband, Andrew, has schizophrenia. We’ve lived together for nearly 15 years and we’ve found success as a married couple, but our journey has been filled with many obstacles." -
Can Stigma Prevent Employment?
People living with mental illness are typically held responsible and blamed for their behavior and symptoms. Simultaneously, they are perceived as unable to make decisions for themselves. This causes people with mental health conditions to be perceived as “unsuitable” for the workforce. -
What It’s Really Like to Be “So OCD”
"'Being so OCD' has become a common, cutesy term for having amazing organizational skills, being neat and clean, particular about order and generally on top of things. And when you think of OCD in those terms, it sounds like a wonderful blessing." -
Outreach and Engagement for Early Psychosis
A first episode of psychosis can be scary and isolating. Treatment can have little appeal and feel highly stigmatizing. Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy is an evidence-based approach that skirts these (and many other) common challenges of working with young adults who have psychosis. -
Navigating the Mental Health System with Dual Diagnosis
"As mental health advocates, we are passionate about increasing access to resources and services to treat this vulnerable population. People with mental illness, particularly those with dual diagnosis, are in desperate need."