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By the age of 15 I had lost my best friend to suicide. He was high on drugs and drunk when this happened. From there, I really took my drug abuse to the extreme and just wanted more and more. This lead me to truancy at school and hanging out in the streets. I was […]

I would sit in there in the phone with my best friend as she prayed me through that time. Every single day. Whether I wanted to or not. She knew something was wrong and made it a point to be a the light I needed in the darkness. Once you’re in depression, you start to […]

During this time, I wasn’t aware that I was actually going through depression. During this time, I wasn’t aware that I was actually going through depression. It wasn’t until almost a year later that I realized everything I was feeling or going through wasn’t necessarily normal reactions to the high pressure stress and change I […]

Depression for me was like this total de- valuing of myself in every way Let’s talk about depression. Depression for me was like this total de- valuing of myself in every way. It was a brutal self beat up session where I literally was just holding myself hostage to everything I had ever done wrong […]

Mental health is an important part of a healthy workplace and it should be taken seriously. It’s time to end the stigma that surrounds mental illness as it does not only affect the youth – but also adults as well.  Adults are not immune to mental health illnesses. In fact, awareness regarding mental health in […]

I dealt with extreme anxiety for over a decade. I started having panic attacks when I was a teen. I dealt with extreme anxiety for over a decade, and experienced a true spout of depression in my 20’s. The unknown scared me so much… Like when my parents split up as a child that was […]

It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! We wanted to take this time to remind you that you’re not alone, and there are things you can do to support mental health awareness. We know it can be hard to know where to start when it comes to supporting mental health awareness, so we’ve put together a list […]

As I laid on the side of the highway in unbearable pain and shock, God spoke words to me that I would never forget. It was that very moment that I realized that I have a true purpose here on earth. Like many, I battled with exposing the truth out of embarrassment and shame so […]

Metal health wellness is vital as it determines how we feel and how other people feel around us. If you’re not mentally healthy, there is a great risk that the way you function in life can be affected. From feeling anxious to, depressed – you’re at greater risk of sleeping too much or sleeping too […]

The amount of verbal and emotional abuse that I tolerated was unreal, but like many I psyched myself to believe that “it’s not like he was hitting me”. I profess today that abuse is abuse! The day I decided to leave my ex-boyfriend was the day that I became a victim of a suicidal-murder attempt. […]