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.
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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.
Mental health at an all-time low
Amy Ruble shares how new responsibilities at work caused burnout and how that contributed to her anxiety and depression.
An unusual coping strategy :: how philosophy helped me with depression
Elspeth falls again into depression after a tough winter. This time, her usual coping strategies don’t work. So she goes back to her favourite study as a teenager.
My journey with depression and OCD
Over 1 year, Renée’s mom died, she came out as queer, lost her job, and started deconstructing her faith. She became overwhelmed with depression and obsessed with life events. It would take hearing a comedian for her to finally understand what was going on.
Anxiety, depression and unemployment :: how 2020 affected my mental health and what I did to overcome it
Manu shares their experience of being unemployed in COVID-19 and having to live with their parents, their dependence causing them to spiral down into anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.