Illogical Truth
I want you to understand this: If you are in the pits of depression, if you are suicidal, if any of the above spoke to you, depression is lying.
Topic: depression
Changing the Muggle World, One Mile at a Time
Organizations like TWLOHA are here to help you figure out the challenges of mental health. Hogwarts Running Club is here to help you figure out the challenges of physical health. Combined, the results are a force to be reckoned with.
In Response to 13 Reasons Why
13 Reasons Why is causing thousands of people to think and talk about mental health, and many of these people are thinking and talking about it for the first time.
Mental Health in the Tech Industry
Mostly Human took a (fittingly) humanizing approach to portraying the struggles of mental health by highlighting just a few of the incredibly impressive people who have experienced it first-hand — depicting it not as a choice but as a condition.
An Honest Letter on the Inspiration to Keep Living
Don’t punish yourself for having depression despite all you may or may not have in your life. Don’t require a justification from yourself for something you can’t control.
Finding Relief in Strength Training
Since life is full of heavy burdens, strength training has become a metaphor for the way I approach my problems.
Why I Want You to Move for Something That Matters
I am devoted to my spiritual, physical, and emotional health and development. And yet…I almost gave it all up. I once silenced these convictions that drive me to action because I couldn’t bear the heaviness of everything I felt.
My Rededication to Running
I’ve stared at blank pages and screens for days. I’ve felt immobile and muted. I knew that if I wanted to write honestly I would have to get back to training. I had hopes that, by running, my lungs would gain the strength to carry my voice still muffled by that depression.
Learning My Limits
The corkscrew, the bottle opener, the twist cap all became a shield. Alcohol began to create a diversion from my depression.
What Depression Is Like
Depression is like turning a corner and finding an abyss. It’s like realizing the path you were following has completely vanished.
One Year Clean
Over the last three years, I’ve strung together periods of time where I was clean from self-harm for a single day, an entire week, even ten months — only to relapse. It’s frustrating. But there’s no shame in that. Today though, I’ve reached a full year of being clean.
The Monster Book of Questions and Answers
I wish I could write a letter to my younger self and tell her that she’s brave and smart and funny and good. I can’t, though, so I’m writing to you, to tell you exactly those things.
