mental illness

I'm not here to discredit your experience. What I'm here to say is that "feeling depressed" is a different beast than “having depression.”

I wish I had realized there was no such thing as being too young to have mental health issues. That there was nothing shameful about postpartum struggles.

Our noises are more than just vibrations; our soundings help constitute our presence in the world. Listen to me: what I have to say right now matters.

I forced myself out the door that morning for a run - depression had sucked the life and determination from my mind and body.

People just don’t get OCD. OCD is a well-recognized mental illness which affects roughly 1-2% of the population. Yet, it remains badly misunderstood.

And then I did what some people might consider unprofessional: I opened up to them as well. I struggle with a variety of mental health conditions.

Mild depression (more familiar to the masses than its more severe form) is like being relentlessly cold; MDD is like having extreme frostbite.

I look in his eyes and I see my own. I see pain and confusion; I see the boy I loved so dearly and the man I love even more. I gave my son bipolar disorder.