Burning” by Cassandra Yanez-Layton to show what a mentally ill person feels as their mind is disoriented and their brain is experiencing a slow deterioration….
The effects of schizophrenia are profound. Characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and social withdrawal, the disorder has no known cure. The introduction of antipsychotic medications in…
Michelle Hebert is an artist based out of Los Angeles, California. In this series on depression, she addresses the varying shifts in thoughts and feelings…
After battling bulimia in 2011, Demi Lovato underwent treatment in a rehab facility. As she continued to heal, she released this song to show that…
To anyone on the outside looking in, Kevin Breel was a joyful and funny guy. In his TedTalk entitled “Confessions of a Depressed Comic”, he…
Rachel, a blogger on time-to-change.org, suffers from an unnamed mental illness. She wrote this poem in an effort to speak to the fear, discrimination, and…
On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone Magazine published a story about sexual assault at the University of Virginia (UVA). The article exposed the brutality of…
In this TedTalk, Andrew Solomon speaks about the thoughts and experiences he had while facing depression, and how this motivated him to interview others with…
“Out of the Darkness” is one of the many written pieces featured in a book called FASCInATE – Friends of Alma St Centre Inspiring Action…
A friend of mine once told me that she was the product of her mother’s rape. Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she wondered…
