Muslim Girl Founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh Talks About Stigma and Mental Health
"It’s so important that we are proactive in taking care of ourselves early on. It’s important to never allow ourselves to reach a place of hopelessness."
Topic: depression
Celebrate With Us: #TWLOHA10 Response Cards
Have you filled out your #TWLOHA10 response card yet?
There Is Still Some Time
"If you feel too much, there's still a place for you here. If you feel too much, don't go."
Seven Billion and Growing.
"But for all of the heartbreak you and I have felt, we have to breathe and realize—we are surviving."
To Write Love on Her Arms
Ten years ago, TWLOHA came into existence as a story. This month we’re looking back on the last decade, and we would love for you to join us.
We Don’t Need to be Perfect
"We live in a society that values perfection and holds it up as something attainable, but it’s time we break free from that way of thinking."
The Beautiful Life
"I’d take bad days in recovery over the crappy days at the hands of the eating disorder any day."
We Gon’ Be Alright
"i dedicate this to those of us who ache in the dark."
Today You Are You
"At first, my diagnosis was a relief. It meant help. It meant I wasn’t losing my mind. It meant things were going to get better."
A Collection of My Souvenirs
"I didn’t have words for my hurt, and I couldn’t talk about how the lust for this release had taken over my life."
I’ve Been There Too
"Thankfully my depression has started to feel less like a personal weakness and more like what it actually is: a form of mental illness."
TWLOHA Turns 10
"We'll look back and we'll be thankful and we'll also look ahead. And we're definitely going to celebrate. Because if one person chose to stay alive, that is worth a celebration."
