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Hard Work is Worth It
It was hard to accept my mental health conditions, but I am grateful that all of this happened, because I’m stronger than I have ever been before.
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Embrace Yourself
You have the power to acknowledge your pain, your fear or even your mental health condition. I applaud those of you who have the strength to be vulnerable, real and open about your struggles. Because it is not easy. You are a true inspiration.
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Please Live
I have struggled with my thoughts for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I would think about suicide before I even knew what suicide was. I never planned my future or said what I wanted to be when I grew up because I didn’t think I would ever get there.
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Talking About Mental Health Should Start Early
"Maybe if I’d learned more about mental health when I was a teenager, I could have been saved twenty years of struggling with mental illness in silence. That’s why I became a presenter for NAMI Ending the Silence." -
It’s Okay
What you feel and witness on a daily basis cannot be imagined by many, yet you stand tall in the face of fear.
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I Remember When Worry Was a Friend
"Stigma around mental illness and therapy is deeply rooted in my culture. It’s seen as a weakness or a 'made up' ailment and going to therapy is a luxury reserved for those of white privilege. But by the time I reached adulthood, I realized I had to do something." -
Living with Mental Health Conditions
I live with severe depression and anxiety, PTSD, ADHD and borderline personality disorder. Out of all of them, BPD affects my life the most.
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My Relationship Isn’t Doomed Because of My Mental Illness
"I may not have all the answers, but I now know one thing: I can love and be loved as a person with invisible illnesses. And no one can tell me otherwise." -
My Lifelong Battle: From Victim to Victor
My story started at nine years old. Plagued with OCD and crippling anxiety…
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All the World’s a Stage
It is this anxiety over losing everyone that keeps me up at night and breaks me down during the day. I worry incessantly that no one really likes me and that I’m not really worth anyone’s time.