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Health

What Are The Main Warning Signs Of Mental Illness?

What Are The Main Warning Signs Of Mental Illness?

Dealing with a mental illness can be lonely since people suffering from it are easily misunderstood or ignored. We do not take the time to acknowledge our loved one’s emotions […]

Contributors

How Writing Paved Way For My Healing & Recovery From PTSD And Bipolar Disorder

How Writing Paved Way For My Healing & Recovery From PTSD And Bipolar Disorder

By Amelia Zachry [TW: mention of rape] Trauma and mental illness colored most of my adult life. I was diagnosed with PTSD and Bipolar Disorder II at age twenty-six. I […]

Entertainment

Angela near her apartment in Chicago, IL
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Filmmaker Sheds Light On Mental Illness Following 3 People In A Specialty Mental Health Probation Program

In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month in July, for its mid-season finale, ‘America ReFramed‘ presented the broadcast premiere of Margaret Byrne’s award-winning documentary ‘Any Given Day’ on July […]

Health

Effective Ways To Help If You Are Struggling With Mental Health Issues

Effective Ways To Help If You Are Struggling With Mental Health Issues

Mental health is a serious issue that should not be taken lightly. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experiences mental […]

Contributors

How Trauma-Informed Policing Could’ve Helped Save Gabby Petito, And So Many Others

How Trauma-Informed Policing Could’ve Helped Save Gabby Petito, And So Many Others

By Heather Kent, Registered Psychotherapist and Trauma Recovery Specialist Due to a number of factors common to most of North America – such as cuts to long-term psychiatric beds, improvements […]

Causes

Singer Meredith O’Connor Assembles Global Artists For Mental Illness Awareness Track “You Are Not Alone”

Singer Meredith O’Connor Assembles Global Artists For Mental Illness Awareness Track “You Are Not Alone”

Over the last year with COVID-19 forcing many of us around the world to remain at home, and in some cases alone, mental health has become a focus of conversation […]

Health

Living With A Mental Illness

Living With A Mental Illness

Anyone can have a bad day from time to time, where everything just seems to go wrong. However, for people who live with a mental illness, every day that goes […]

Contributors

Facing My Demons And Finding My Voice Through The Artform Of Burlesque

Facing My Demons And Finding My Voice Through The Artform Of Burlesque

By Sapphira They say when life gives you lemons make lemonade and my philosophy of finding the glittery silver lining to any cloud is the same… My name is Sapphira, […]

Creativity

This Artist Incorporates Messages About Mental Illness, Feminism & Body Positivity In Her Work.

This Artist Incorporates Messages About Mental Illness, Feminism & Body Positivity In Her Work.

We’re huge supporters of using all different types of platforms to raise awareness about important issues. Politics, activism and protests have their place in creating change in the world, but […]

Contributors, Entertainment

Panic Disorder Nearly Ruined My Life…Until I Found Tools To Manage & Control It

Panic Disorder Nearly Ruined My Life…Until I Found Tools To Manage & Control It

By Cami Julaine You know that feeling you get when you’re riding a roller coaster, slowly going up hill, and your body anticipates the fall, but it hasn’t quite dropped […]

Contributors

I Talk About My Debilitating Struggle With Anxiety To Educate People About Mental Illness

I Talk About My Debilitating Struggle With Anxiety To Educate People About Mental Illness

By Liz Greene I was on my knees in front of the toilet, retching. I’d brought up all the food in my stomach, but I didn’t dare move. My babysitter […]

Girl on a Mission

This Woman Is Talking Openly About Her Mental Illness In Order To Break Down Stigma

This Woman Is Talking Openly About Her Mental Illness In Order To Break Down Stigma

It’s a topic we’re all familiar with, but not necessarily as educated or informed as we need to be. Mental illness is as serious as it is pervasive in our […]

Fashion & Beauty

This NYFW Event Featured Conscious Clothing & Raised Awareness For Mental Illness

This NYFW Event Featured Conscious Clothing & Raised Awareness For Mental Illness

When we traditionally think of New York Fashion Week, or any fashion week for that matter, we normally think of super skinny women, clothes on the runway that no average […]

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Are Millennials The Group Most Likely To Develop A Mental Illness?

Are Millennials The Group Most Likely To Develop A Mental Illness?

Stress is getting to be too much for many young Americans — that is, according to the results of a survey by the American Psychological Association (APA) that was performed […]

Causes, Girl on a Mission

Model Who Battled Depression Launches Her Own Beauty Calendar To Create Awareness

Model Who Battled Depression Launches Her Own Beauty Calendar To Create Awareness

Milly Evans is not your average 25 year old girl. She is a model, which is not so groundbreaking in and of itself, but it’s her journey to get there […]