Lady Gaga and PTSD
As we have said repeatedly, we would like to see the stigmas attached to mental health issues disappear. Every time a public figure speaks out about his or her own mental health issues, we believe it helps normalize the diagnoses and challenges many people are living with. Lady Gaga recently published an open letter through her…
Psych Central’s “7 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues”
'Tis the season for depression and anxiety for a lot of people. Public gatherings, financial stress, family conflicts, lack of close friends and family, feeling excluded from religious celebrations and so many more things can make a time of year typically characterized as "merry and bright" feel very much the opposite. Psych Central offers "7 Ways…
Autism and Sports? Sports Illustrated says YES.
There's a great article in a recent Sports Illustrated shining a light on how people diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum can thrive in sports, and we wanted to share the video below, from SI.com, and a link to the article. If you have Autism Spectrum Disorder or love someone who does, this might be of…
Suicide Hotlines ringing in wake of election result
Donald Trump might have been the candidate you were rooting for, but if he wasn't, and especially if you are part of a minority or marginalized group, this has likely been a tough week. According to the Washington Post, the call volume to a number of suicide hotlines and crisis lines was way above average…
More casualties in heroin epidemic
We've shared a great deal here about the heroin epidemic that's sweeping the United States and is especially intense in Ohio. Today we're sharing an excerpt from a piece we found in The Washington Post about a seven-year-old who found both of her parents dead from heroin overdoses. Our purpose in sharing this is to…
Kid Cudi seeks treatment for depression
As often as we see articles about public figures, like Kid Cudi, seeking treatment for depression or other mental illnesses, we try to share them here in our ongoing effort to remove stigmas associated with mental illness and to reinforce the message that there isn't a set of material circumstances that can effectively ward off…
5 lies depression told Kelly Jensen
The excerpt below comes from Kelly Jensen's first-person account of living with depression, which was published on The Mighty. We thought it was worth sharing, as perhaps you recognize some of these lies or know someone else who is living with similar messages. If you're in the greater Cleveland area and feel like you may…
One woman’s account of ADHD / OCD
This excerpt from Alysa Auriemma's first-person account of dealing with ADHD / OCD comes from The Mary Sue. Every group and individual faces different obstacles in coming to terms with having a diagnosable learning disability or mental disorder. We hope that sharing this account reinforces the idea that there should be no stigma attached to needing…
Festival aims to help women with ADHD
Broadly alerted us to the "Better Together Festival": "a daylong celebration of women with ADD that took place near Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the middle of May, (and) was conceived by psychologist Michelle Frank and Sari Solden, a psychotherapist." We wanted to share Broadly's piece about the festival in the hopes that women with ADD or ADHD symptoms…
