It’s OK to Take a Step Back
Topic: PTSD
What It’s Like to Have a Mental Illness
We are soldiers in an invisible war few people can even begin to comprehend. We are warriors fighting countless battles each and every day. And even when it feels as if we’re losing, we keep going.
Light in the Dark: Being Diagnosed With PTSD
It was normal to think you were going to die when the dentist’s hook made a scraping noise against your tooth. To fall asleep in the ninth floor of a towering residence hall, listening to the wind while thinking the whole thing might topple like a house of cards, crushing you inside.
Black And White
In honor of Mental Health Month, we’re highlighting four statements we believe to be non-negotiable. These are words and ideas that have guided our mission since day one. To us, these statements are Black and White.
What I Do Know
By remaining seated, I decided my life was worth holding onto. I was choosing to believe I mattered enough to do the work that had to follow...
A Safety Plan for When Life Gets Rough
We need to learn how to create elbow and knee pads for our mental health.
Let’s Stop Missing PTSD: A Lesson from the Psych Ward
I share my story in hope that people will get help way before I did. I want PTSD to be on their radar because it wasn’t anywhere near mine. I had never fought in a war; I had never survived a horrific accident. I was ignorant to the fact that any of us can develop PTSD.
A Veteran’s Truth About PTSD
It was devastating, in a single moment I felt that I had lost everything. Never in a million years would I have thought that I’d suffer from such a diagnosis.
Standing with LoVe: Our Visit to Las Vegas
We can’t change what happened, but we can respond. We can love. We can listen. We can help. It won’t fix everything but damn it, we’re going to try.
Working It: How Jessica Manuszak Built a Rock Solid Business After Hitting Rock Bottom
The Art of Recovery: A Close Look into Healing, Quesadillas, and Mattering
My story is only one story, but it’s a story that matters—as does yours. You are me and I am you, if in no other way than that one. And I can tell you with the most genuine of hearts that I want you to live.
What I Do Know
By remaining seated, I decided my life was worth holding onto. I was choosing to believe I mattered enough to do the work that had to follow...
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