“I’m living with bipolar disorder type 1, adhd, anorexia as well as having complex trauma and honestly, a host of other things, but those...
Category - Mental Health related
“Oddly enough, I often feel more comfortable when i’m low and depressed than I do when I’m happy. Because when i’m happy I...
Michael, 25: “I went into cardiac arrest on the treadmill”
“I’ve always been into running and fitness pretty much my entire life. One day I was running on the treadmill like I used to and then out...
“I got called small, skinny, flat chested”
Chelsea speaks up about body image bullying
” It didn’t matter who my friends were at whatever stage I was at in my life. I was typically the smallest one and I got made fun of...
How to heal from abuse: Porsche talks about how silence can keep you from being yourself
“As a child I was abused and it left with intense feelings of fear, shame and hate. I lived my life as an invisible person, too afraid to draw...
At 47 years old, I am just now getting ahead.
“I graduated High School with a 1.8 point average. I had an abusive father who was also a heroin addict and an alcoholic.” “I...
“We didn’t know then what we know now about treatment and how prescriptions for ADHD can impact a child.”
Jay:
“The man that was in charge of the program in Texas, he said: ‘Treat my mental illness like a broken leg’. That I wasn’t weak...
Tedx Speaker Suzan: Having One Arm and the Importance of Self Worth
“We can continue to rebuild with our broken pieces and heal at the same time”. At 22 years old, Suzan was in a devastating accident that...
Ashley: Dealing With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
“So I just noticed in my late teens that I was sort of the gassiest, burpiest of my friends 😅 There was just a lot of audible, bodily functions...