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His Life Saves Mine

There was a time in my life when I didn’t think I’d see past the age of 18. Well, 24 years later, I’m still kicking around, telling my story as…

To all the moms with mental illness out there juggling a family, you are not alone. Many people have walked the same steps in life as you, and they…

I wish my son had a stomach virus. That’s all I could think of as we sat in the waiting room of the ER watching a toddler run around with a vomit…

“But you’re such a good mom.” The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my daughter’s dance class. I…

I couldn’t sleep. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I shook like I drank a week’s worth of coffee in one sitting. My mind…

My mother is bipolar. Not as a punchline to a joke, but genuinely, medically diagnosed as bipolar. She has been my whole life though we didn’t…

When I first experienced depression, I didn’t understand what was going on. I knew I was sad, but I didn’t know why. I was pregnant with…

My mental illness doesn’t care that I have things to get done today. Dishes that need to be washed. Clothes that need to be folded. Rooms that…

An open letter to the silent victims of my depression and anxiety: my kids and husband.⁣⁣⁣ I know my anxiety and depression is hard to live…

Editor’s note: this post discusses suicide. Normal is a goal we always seemed to reach for. It was something we could stand on the tallest…