If you were me, would you not be scared to love?
Mental Health Awareness Week 2017: Interviewing Four People With Mental Health Experiences
For Mental Health Awareness Week, I decided to interview four individuals about their mental health: what they deal with, how it affects them, how they cope with it, & what they would say to others with similar experiences.
Journey (A Poem)
A poem about what I've been doing wrong and what I need to do instead.
My Trip to Kansas City, Finding Peace, and Being Ready to Step Up
“Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours” – Swedish Proverb.
Stay Al;ve: The Story Behind My First Tattoo
The elements of my first piece of ink
"Telling someone not to be sad because others have it worse is like telling people they can’t be happy because others have it better."
The Additional Stigma on Male Depression
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
2016 Going on 2017
”We can find a new hope every new day and every New Year” – Lailah Gifty Akita. It’s that time where most of you are making those long Facebook statuses about 2016. Yes, it is the day where one year ends and another one begins. Some people even take this as an opportunity to set … Continue reading 2016 Going on 2017
My Ongoing Struggle (Unchained) TRIGGER WARNING
A story is always supposed to have a beginning. I don’t know where to start though; this is something I’ve been fighting for nearly my entire life, and I’m still struggling today. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that do not understand these battles. For those who have or know someone who has a mental illness, you understand. If you are not aware of mental health or you just don’t understand it, I encourage you to read this all the way through.
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