Showing posts with label Stigma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stigma. Show all posts

Friday, May 19, 2017

The Day I Decided to Live

Written by Megan Saunders, Blogger & Advocate On the day before I decided to take my life, you may have been the person sitting next to me in my favorite coffee shop, or the person smiling at me as I passed you on the sidewalk with my spirited terrier. You may have seen the backpack […]

Monday, May 15, 2017

Without You

Written by Charlotte Sandy, Blogger & Advocate This month, it will be five years without you. Five years of moving through the waves of grieving a person society tells me I shouldn’t grieve. Who grieves the loss of a therapist, anyway? Mental health organizations and professionals always voice a message of hope: “Therapy can provide […]

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Trichotillomania: My Hidden Struggle

Written by Charlotte Sandy, Blogger & Advocate In the midst of almost puberty and mean girls of middle school, I didn’t need anything else to make me ashamed of who I was. And yet, it was exactly at this time when it happened. One day, I started pulling out my eyelashes. I don’t remember the […]