Mental Health Week
How Mental Health Disorders Can Change The Way You See Things
Mental illnesses like anxiety, OCD and body dysmorphic disorder are a different experience for everyone. Let's find ways to not let it rule our life, and get out of our heads.
Mandy Caruso
What Happens When A Soldier Comes Home
For many returned diggers, the hardest battles lie ahead.
Rob Stott
What You Say To Someone With Depression And What They Hear
"You just have to deal with this."
Lara Parker
23 Things People With Borderline Personality Disorder Want You To Know
It isn't about getting attention.
Arianna Rebolini
How One Author Is Motivated By His Chronic Anxiety
"Writing about my experience with mental illness has really helped me understand myself."
Krystie Lee Yandoli
I Thought I Was Above Body Image Issues — Until I Lost A Lot Of Weight
As a result of antidepressants, my weight has always been just outside my control. But when I changed my medication and unexpectedly lost a noticeable amount of weight, I was forced to confront body image issues I thought I was intellectually above.
Lucy Morris
How A Decade Of Sobriety Finally Taught Me To Drink
It’s not about needing to drink. It’s about having the option.
Dan Dalton
29 Things No One Ever Tells You About Being In Therapy
Starting with: It's the best/worst thing ever.
Sally Tamarkin
Kim Noble And The Art Of Turning Suicide Into Theatre
"Everyone here is kind of depressed. I’m just lucky enough to be able to talk to people and get on stage and masturbate about it.”
Hayley Campbell
9 Times Bollywood Spoke About Mental Illness
"There were days when I would wake up and feel like it was just too exhausting."
Nirali Shah
Here's What It's Like To Grow Up Gay And Indigenous In Australia
Indigenous people who identify as LGBT are more likely to suffer from some form of mental illness.
Allan Clarke
15 Things Therapists Actually Want You To Know
Don't worry, they won't Google you or say hi to you at the bar.
Casey Gueren
This Is What It's Like To Be A Man With An Eating Disorder
An estimated 24 million people in the U.S. have eating disorders, and they aren’t all women and girls.
Arianna Rebolini
19 Words That Mean Something Different When You Have Social Anxiety
Plans = something you want to cancel.
Lara Parker
27 Times Comedian Aparna Nancherla Explained Anxiety And Depression
"Self-esteem is an inside job."
Another Round
22 Tweets About Being In Therapy That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud
"My therapist said it was ok: a life story"
Sally Tamarkin
What It's Like Explaining Depression To Your Asian Parents
Many Asian parents tend to practice tough love — but that makes it so much harder for someone struggling with depression.
Susan Cheng
This Guy Jumped Off The Golden Gate Bridge And Survived To Tell His Story
"The millisecond my hands left the rail, it was an instant regret."
Lizz Warner
12 Special Educators Told Us Why They Teach Children With Special Needs
"I wanted to empower out-of-the-box minds."
Andre Borges
This Is What It's Like To Have Hypochondria
Just because it's in your head doesn't mean it feels less real.
Andrew Richard
This Anorexia Survivor Wants Others To Know They're Not Alone At Christmas
"I think you feel worse at Christmas because there’s so much pressure on you to be happy and normal," Hollie told BuzzFeed News.
Laura Silver
27 Things Everyone Who Has Gone To Therapy Will Understand
"How does that make you feel?" Well, I don't know, that's literally why I'm paying you.
Cate Sevilla
39 Of The Most Heartfelt, Relatable And Comforting Quotes And Lyrics About Depression
"I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks." - Sylvia Plath.
Maggy van Eijk
17 Graphs That Are Too Real For Everyone With Social Anxiety
If you leave me alone at a party, our friendship is over.
Jemima Skelley
We Asked People What Their Self-Care Routines Are
“Just take that time to do something for yourself.”
Chris Lam
This Is What It's Like To Live With Schizophrenia
Three people with schizophrenia share their stories.
Arianna Rebolini
23 Things No One Tells You About Having ADHD
It's focusing on everything and nothing at all, which makes it feel like you'll never get anything done.
Caroline Kee
Hailee Steinfeld Reveals 6 Ways She's Learned To Love Herself
What better topic for the singer of "Love Myself"?
Kat Angus
8 Things You Can Try To Feel Better Right Now
Take a break from what you're doing.
Alex Choi
People Open Up About Why They Take Medication For Their Mental Health
"Just because it's not right for some people, doesn't mean it's not right for everyone."
Becky Catherine Harris
