Be Brave. Use Your Voice.
"This is for you: who has forgotten that you deserve the world simply because you’re in it."
Topic: depression
When Depression Strands You at Sea
"Sometimes the waves start to rise again and lap dangerously at the base of my new boat, and I become afraid that I will go under again."
National Depression Screening Day – Q&A
National Depression Screening Day is an annual campaign, held this year on October 6, to raise awareness for those living with depression and other mood disorders and to provide the public with free, anonymous mental health screenings.
Taking Chances: My Experience as a TWLOHA Intern
"If you are looking for a sign, this is it. Step out of your comfort zone and take a chance on yourself."
When Everyone Sits at the Table
"I am enough. I am. You are too."
All You Need to Do Is Breathe
"You don’t have to worry about how it will all work out. It will present itself to you without any effort on your part."
Muted Joy: Learning to Live Again
"I don’t remember the first 18 months after she died. I couldn’t tell you what I thought, did, or said, where I went, or what I wanted; I simply existed."
Dear Discouraged
"You are not fiction. You are the greatest story ever told."
Fewer Last Blog Posts and More Leelahs
"I keep living so that, one day, we’ll live in a society that doesn’t need to be fixed. I keep living so that we have fewer last blog posts and more Leelahs in the world."
You Are Enough, Too
For anyone who knows someone who is struggling but doesn't know what to do.
Welcome to National Suicide Prevention Week 2016
"When we come together for this sort of conversation, when we choose to be vulnerable with our stories and to invest in the stories of other people, we have the power to see lives change and people stay alive."
Depression Just Lies
"The bad news: I am sick. I have cancer, and I am dealing with depression. The good news: I’m not going through either one alone."
