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The Importance of Explaining Our Lived Experience
"Our lived experiences are important, even sacred to us. When you let someone know about your mental health lived experience you invite them in." -
Lived Experience Matters: Coming Out and Sharing
"For a long time, I lamented that nobody other than my peers seemed to understand me. But how could they if I wasn’t sharing my experiences?" -
The Pain of Not Seeking Help for My PTSD
"I didn’t seek help for my mental health, mostly due to the stigma within the military. After all, a warrior isn’t supposed to show any sign of weakness." -
How Understanding My OCD Helped Me Manage It
"Once I was able to better understand OCD, it became clear how my symptoms fit — and it was a relief to fit somewhere." -
The Many Impacts of Self-Stigma
"Recovery is the ultimate way to prove stigma wrong." -
Why We Need Responsible Representation in the Film Industry
We need the entertainment industry to start accepting responsibility for the role they have in the mental health movement. -
Finding a Partner Who Accepts My Mental Illness
"I can’t change who I am or the challenges I’ve had to face. What I can do is choose who and what to accept into my life to make it an environment where I want to live and even thrive." -
Statement on the Tragic Killing of Walter Wallace, Jr.
"We would never yell commands at an individual during a heart attack and expect them to comply." -
Why Stereotypes About Psychosis Are Harmful
"Maybe it’s not psychosis itself that’s perceived as scary, but rather the tightly held fear of the unknown."