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Please Don’t Forget About Those With Mental Illness After the Headlines Fade

There has been a lot of news coverage about us lately. Everyone is talking about us. Everyone is putting us at the forefront of their programs and…

My dearest children, I know you see me. I know that you see Mommy take her medication every morning. You don’t really know why but you know it…

When the depression storm comes, it wants to be known. It doesn’t just cause a little wind and rain. Oh no. The storm builds and builds upon…

I held a funeral for my husband, but I was the only one there. It was 2012, and I watched as he walked past me in the kitchen. A shell of his former…

As a clinical psychologist, I see a lot of kids (and adults for that matter) get “stuck”. Through experiences, the words of others, or just by…

He sat in the brown leather armchair, bronze buttons outlining the seams. He stared at me over his oversized glasses as I lied there on the…

“Mom, I’m four.” I paused with the sandwich meat in my hand just long enough to give my 15-year-old daughter a puzzled look before I carried on…

This is my real face. I am happy. I am probably—to some people—so annoyingly happy. I have everything I could ever want, pray or hope for. I have…

Dear Husband, I realized something had gone wrong when you went to kiss me and I instinctively pulled away. I could tell you were hurt and just…

“You’re going to be just fine,” my husband reassures me as he reaches across the center console and takes hold of my sweaty hand. I haven’t…