A.S. Minor is a Spoken word poet, TedX speaker, United States Army veteran and a mental health advocate. His piece “It’s Not That Simple” attempts…
In her series “All Mad Here”, Toronto artist Sarah Y. Varnam depicts mental health through an abstract lens. Her piece Social Phobia examines the unique,…
On February 8, 2015, Natasha McKenna—a 37-year-old offender who suffered from mental illness—died following an incident in which she was tasered four times by law…
University student Catherine Pawley describes her struggle with overcoming Anorexia Nervosa in this compelling TEDX Talk. She opens up about the challenges she faced, her…
The song “Otherside” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, chronicles Anthony Kiedis’ experiences with drug addiction and the “slide” from recovery back into addiction. In…
Keeping our personal and professional lives separate is something many of us strive for. But, as Johnene Canfield recently discovered, we only have so much…
We tend to think of firefighters saving lives as fires tear through homes or forest land. What many people don’t know is that firefighters are…
Struggling with severe mental-health issues for years, Eleanor kept her problems secret for fear of people’s reactions. In her spoken word poem, “Broken Isn’t Beautiful,”…
Cartoonist Allie Brosh describes her fight with depression using painful and raw, yet comical, realism in her blogs. A blog titled Adventures in Depression uses…
“I didn’t know how to explain it to anyone and I didn’t understand it myself, so I just didn’t talk about it.” “Out of Sight:…
