Journey With Depression by Yasha
Depression is so much more than sadness. Awareness about depression is so important as many people still don’t understand what the condition is and how it can manifest in different ways. Recovery is possible and here’s Yasha Baid sharing her journey with depression with us to break the stigma around Depression. A little about you […]
Fighting Depression with Tracy
Tracy Mayfield is a retired nurse, an author and a podcaster. She is also an active educator and advocate for Mental Health awareness and Stop Bullying. After coping and fighting workplace bullying and depression, Tracy now uses her experience and her journey to educate and encourage others to take on a recovery journey and fight […]
Bullying: A Personal Anecdote by Laura
1. A little about you. Hey, my name is Laura and I just turned 18. I‘m from Germany and right now I‘m in my last year of school. Besides that, I‘m very active on TikTok right now (to spread mental health awareness) and I love going to the gym. 2. Your experience with bullying. In […]
Journey with Depression and Anxiety Disorder – Garima
A little about me Hi, I’m Garima Johar. I’m 20 years old but you can’t tell because I still have managed the teenage me alive inside. I am a writer and a poet stuck in an engineering college. Nevertheless, I wrote a book called “Color Outside the Lines – Let’s double tap our imperfections” which […]
Tips for finding your Therapist
Therapy is essential when living with mental illnesses. Various studies often yield results favorable to therapy, suggesting that therapy and an effective therapist is more helpful than placebos or no treatment. (Comer, 2018.) Furthermore, according to a meta-analysis of several therapy studies, the average person receiving therapy was “better off” than 75% of people receiving […]
Journey With Depression – Mamatha
A little about Me Hi! I am Mamatha, currently preparing for my MPhil in clinical psychology in India. I am passionate about creating awareness on mental health, since knowing first-hand the need for it, I talk about it on my Instagram page- @colours_heal and also on @psychiart_hub, along with a few of my peers. Journey […]
Focusing on MEN-tal Health
Death by suicide has always been an issue of concern all around the world. Following the global data given by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the year 2016, there were 793,000 suicide deaths worldwide, which certainly is a big number and surprisingly most of them were men. In recent years, there has been a […]
OCD Journey With Kate
A little about you. Hi, I’m Kate. I’m 21 from the UK. I live with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Your experience with OCD.OCD could be defined as a huge part of my life. It’s part of why I struggle with anxiety. When massive changes happen in my life, my OCD can ‘flare-up’ as such. It […]
General Hotlines
Boys Town National Hotline Helpline for a variety of crisis issues Call: 1 (800) 448-3000 (available 24/7) Email & Online Chat available Text VOICE to 20121 Teen Line A teen crisis hotline for ages 12-19 Call: (310) 855 4673 Text TEEN to 839863 National Poison Control Line Call: 800-222-1222 (available 24/7) Rehab and Drug Treatment […]
Stop Bullying – Bullying Prevention Month
INTRODUCTION Every October, schools and organisations across the country join STOMP Out Bullying™ in observing National Bullying Prevention Month. The goal is to encourage schools, communities and organisations to work together to stop bullying and put an end to hatred and racism by increasing awareness of the prevalence and impact of all forms of bullying. […]