Must I? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
By Paul Illidge I must. How many times a day do I hear that question in my head, always answering the same way in my subconscious, if not to myself out loud: I must! The musts dominate my life, as they do the lives of the millions of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder which, according to the American Psychiatric Association, has become “One of the leading mental health issues of our time”. What is OCD, as it’s called in the Diagnostic […]
Addicted to depression
Siphokazi didn’t realize she was depressed because it had become her constant. She was comfortable with it. It took awareness and therapy to begin to let it go.
Stop The Threat – Stop The Stigma :: Mental Health Trauma and Poor Coping Strategies
Adam A. Meyers was a Wisconsin Police Officer for 21 years and shares his personal and professional challenges with mental health after his 2016 on-duty deadly shooting.
Learning to Liv with myself
Liv shares her story of starting her mental health journey as a pre-teen and living with an eating disorder then anxiety then depression and now OCD. She knows that enduring mental illness is not dirty or shameful.
Staying in to thrive with agoraphobia
Tas shares how they thrive with agoraphobia through creativity and problem solving, especially now with the COVID-19 pandemic.