A Game of Chess
"In those moments, we have to ask ourselves: Do we surrender? Or do we keep playing in the hopes that we will somehow be able to make it out of it on top?"
Topic: depression
Healing a Suicide Attempt: Cartooning My Experience
"Cartoons expressed knee-buckling symptoms and overwhelming feelings in a way that words could not. They helped me remember that my thoughts and fears are just that—thoughts and fears, not facts."
Finding Myself
"Often I forget to give myself credit. I forget that I played the leading role in my recovery."
You Are Not Your Madness
"Pretending everything is calm when a war has broken loose inside you means you’ll never live the life you were meant to live."
Be Brave. Use Your Voice.
"This is for you: who has forgotten that you deserve the world simply because you’re in it."
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."
