Growing up I Often Heard “Therapy Is for White People”
I didn’t understand why he fell silent when I cried or the blank look that overtook his face when I had a breakdown. I didn’t understand his resistance to things like therapy and psychiatry.
World Suicide Prevention Day 2020: Worth Living For
We can’t control what someone else feels or believes. But we can show up. We can choose to care. We can keep showing up.
When Social Isolation Meets Social Anxiety
It is a scary, anxiety-riddled time we’re living in.
Your Family Does Not Define You
I refuse to allow the same toxic cycle of verbal and emotional abuse to continue with the potential to last for generations.
The Lies My Eating Disorder Told Me
Eating disorders blur the image of who we are.
20 Uncollected Thoughts on Mental Health in the Year 2020
This trauma will be long-lasting. Our mental health will forever be colored by the impact of this pandemic.
To the Healing Healers
The best you have to offer others will never be a cure-all method, a one-size-fits-most fix. The best you have to offer will always be yourself.
What Are You Afraid Of?
Facing your fear means realizing the truth behind it.
There May Not be a Cure but There Is Hope
I stuttered, “I…I’m suicidal.” I nearly passed out as those words fell from my lips.
Culture, Conflict, and Belonging
My hope is that a fellow Mexican-American will read this and feel seen and heard and validated.
Disability and Mental Illness
Your empathy will go a long way in assisting our perceptions of ourselves and the world around us.
BIPOC Mental Health Resources
A list of mental health resources focused on supporting various BIPOC communities.
