What No One Tells You About Trauma
"You become someone who has a before and after. You become someone who has been unmistakably altered."
For Those Who Have Stayed
“I believe that everyone who puts up with me secretly hates me or finds me annoying. Please don't take offense.”
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015
This month we're looking back on 2015 and sharing the most popular blog posts from this year.
Help TWLOHA Bring Hope #into16
There are so many things we want to accomplish in the next year, but we can’t do them without your help. Today, on #GivingTuesday, we’re launching our #into16 campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 by December 31.
A Plea to the Church and the Ones Who Are Struggling
"It’s possible for a Christian to be depressed because I have been."
To the Guy in 15F.
We forget that famous people are real people with real problems and real feelings. We forget that the things we say online can have real consequences. And why is it that we love to watch someone fall?
A Letter to My Younger Self
"Forgive yourself for the marks on your body, the acts of desperation, the things you have done while afraid and lost."
Lost at Sea: Depression in the Military
"It may seem difficult to seek help for depression when you're in the military, but there are resources available."
If Love Could Have Saved You
"But here’s the thing: Losing my sister was painful enough as it is. My family and I do not deserve the added weight of shame and guilt on top of the searing pain of grief."
Music is a safe place.
And it wasn’t just Paris. It was Beirut and Baghdad. It was true for millions more in Syria, on the run from evil, chasing safety, desperate for a place to call home.
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day: For Wanda
"The burden that is mental illness shrouds many of us in darkness, but it is not a death sentence. We must fight each day to stay here."
When Words Hurt
"But somewhere inside of me is still that 15-year-old girl who went home and cried because a friend claimed people with depression were useless."
