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My Life Journey

Guest Post by Janell Johnson Trigger Warning: SA, suicide My name is Janell and I struggle with codependency, depression, anxiety, love & rel...

5 Ways Having OCD Makes My Life Better

Guest Post by Cole Fitter As I was making tea this morning, making sure the hot water touched every single tea leaf, I had an incredible thought....

Mental Health: A Stigma Free Journey

Anonymous Guest Writer I've struggled with depression for most of my adult life. I've been on many medications, some working better than others, wh...

Bipolar Motherhood

Guest Post by Meghan Dillenbeck of @semicolonmama Mama, Mommy, Mom, Bruh. Those are the names that i have gone by over the past 12 years and i coul...

I Carry On

Guest Post by Aaron Gallagher TW: Suicide, Self-Harm, SA I was six years old the first time I threatened to commit suicide. I can’t imagine that I...

Cultivate Your Narrative

Cultivate your Narrative Guest Post by Nick Pendowski *Trigger warning: Suicide* One of the hardest questions I’ve ever asked myself is “why." Wh...

Words of Encouragement from Devon

Hey everyone, I’m Devon Mitchell! I am 28 years old and have been through a lot in that small amount of time. I moved to Cordell in 2006 with my fa...

The Stigma of Male Mental Health

The Stigma of Mental Health as a Male Guest Post by Devon Mitchell Hello, my name is Devon Mitchell. I’m a 28 year old male that tacklesanxiety, de...

Building Mental Fitness

Building Mental Fitness Guest Post by Saruni Meekisho What a wild last 3 years. Oftentimes (even still) it feels like I’m stuck in a toxic downwar...

Turning Grief Into Action

Turning Grief Into Action Guest Post by: Carissa Ricci, Founder of Follow the Spark Trigger Warning: Death, Suicide, Mental Health Why do we trea...

Mania in the Multiverse

How Everything Everywhere All at Once portrays Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder Guest Post by Kathryn Lampe My manic episodes are hard to describe. W...

5 Years in the Making: The Story Behind the Among the Greatest Collection

The Story Phoenix In 2016, I started a brand on Instagram to raise awareness about mental health. I called it "I&I Outfitters," with the tagli...

In Loving Memory of AJ Devin Johnson

I wrote this on February 8th, 2021, a day after I found out I lost one of my closest friends to suicide...I’m broken. My dearest friend and the ki...