How to Support a Partner With Depression
Being able to talk openly about mental illness is critical for the health and survival of a long-term relationship. Here are some pointers I’ve found may assist in connection, understanding, and support.
The Reality of Therapy
Even while in therapy, I still called a crisis line following awful days at work. I told them I was having suicidal thoughts, and I just wanted it to stop. But the truth is, therapists and counselors can’t chase away your demons, not without your help at least.
Do What You Were Made For.
Our campaign may be over, but the work is not. If you'd like to help us change the statistics, please join us. We can't do this without you.
This Is Why I Know Honesty and Education Are Key to Suicide Prevention
Every day I think about how much pain my brother must have been in — how much emotional and spiritual pain — and I wonder if therapy could have helped him. I’ll never know the answer to that question.
Beyond Shades of Gray
If you're lost, if you're trapped in the silence—please know that there is a way out. And it does not involve you leaving. It involves you staying.
What I Do Know
By remaining seated, I decided my life was worth holding onto. I was choosing to believe I mattered enough to do the work that had to follow...
Made to Live
When you start remembering everything you’ve lived for, you can’t help but know there’s so much more living to do.
It’s All Worth Living For
What was it, I wonder, that was so special about that particular road trip? The one where you filmed the trees passing by through a window smudged with fingerprints and morning dew?
Instead of Killing Myself, I Called a Suicide Hotline
You call and wait to be connected, and after that minute or so wait, you speak to an elder Black woman, elder because you can hear the age and timbre of her experienced voice, and hear her breath while you cry and sob and weep in public...
Stay and Turn Another Year Older
Just over a year ago, I was hospitalized because I was going to kill myself. My depression and anxiety had gotten so bad that I was convinced that my death was the best solution...
Welcome to National Suicide Prevention Week 2017
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. It's also the start of National Suicide Prevention Week here in the United States.
Sometimes Therapists Need Therapy, Too
This is where I must accept that the therapist needs a therapist.
