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.
Topic: depression
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...
My Struggles Are Not Something I Need to Be Ashamed Of
Although they saw it as just a skit, it was my life. My struggle.
Why You Should Never Be Afraid to Start Over
Starting over means that you got up off the ground, dusted off your hands, and put yourself back on the path to where you want to go.
Valid
I approached my family doctor and for the first time I told her that my body was fine, but my mind was sick.
What if you told the story of your own suffering?
Sometimes I wonder still what would have happened if my mother and I had opened up to each other there in the kitchen. Could we have saved each other?
Anxiety Is Hungry, Hungry Hippos
I totally get it. Anxiety sucks. Anxiety has the tendency to rob us of potentially rewarding moments in our lives.
A Letter to a Man Dealing With Depression and Anxiety
Donate Your Birthday to Hope and Help!
We’re inspired by the fact that people view their birthdays as a chance to not only celebrate their own existence, but to ensure that others who are struggling will find the hope and help they deserve.
There is a Song Inside of You Yet
What you feel right now is real. It is not your fault. You can get help. In fact, I hope you do. Your people need you. This is not where it ends.
Depression Has Not Won the War
Depression has this really cunning plan to keep you lost in the woods. It wants to make you so comfortable with the towering trees and dark pathways that you sink into the mindset that you are never coming out. Don’t let depression have the honor of writing your narrative.
