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How My Relationships with My Caregivers Has Helped Me Navigate Schizoaffective Disorder
Maintaining good relationships with my caregivers is a vital part of being a mentally healthy adult. -
How Improving My Mental Health Helped Me Reconnect with My Culture
I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life inspiring others to use mental health as a tool to learn more about their cultural identity. -
Surviving the Bed Shortage in Mental Health Treatment Facilities: A Teenager’s Experience
This is an unprecedented crisis in mental health facilities — and it needs to be addressed. -
What No One Told Me About Being in a Psych Hospital
It may not be the cheeriest of topics, but it is still an important one because it is real. -
It’s Not the Hormones: Reflections on a Teenage Girl’s Traumatic Crisis
Mental health issues and real, traumatic experiences are pinned as a “normal part of growing up” or “just a phase.” -
Physical and Mental Illness in Children: Both Need to Be Taken Seriously
When it comes to mental illness, families often receive less support, compassion and understanding than those facing physical illness. -
Children Should Not Have to Be Resilient
I felt pressure to continue being ‘the brave, resilient one’ in moments I deserved to rest, recuperate and simply be a child. -
How Fandom Conventions Allow Me to Be My True Self
Pretending to be neurotypical, or “normal,” is a common behavior among people living with mental illness. -
The Widely Neglected Healing Power of Music
Music is a critical tool to understand ourselves and improve our mental health. -
Navigating Secondary PTSD: Surviving the War That Came Home
We weren’t prepared for the war he brought home.