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You Matter on 22nd May 2018

Embrace the 18%

When I finally came forward to my parents about my struggles, I realized I wasn’t alone. I finally began to start my journey in realizing and coping with the fact that I was one of the 18% of the population who struggles with some form of anxiety and/or depressive disorders.

Read Article 3 Min Read Anxiety

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Lexa on 15th September 2017

How I’m an Indirect Survivor

When I was six years old and my brother was four years old my mother told me how my uncle died. I was told he had a disease in his brain that made him act and feel differently. She told me he would be happy one day and sad the next, that he behaved in […]

Read Article 4 Min Read Bipolar Disorder

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Leah on 17th August 2017

I Am Not An Alien

The whirring of my professor’s voice swirls around me like a dull warm breeze on a sticky summer day. This is my third time taking this class and I sit in the front row of the lecture hall unable to hear a thing. My hands sweat and my heart knocks against my hollow chest: You. […]

Read Article 6 Min Read Mental Illness

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Learning to Accept My Mental Health Struggles

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Embrace the 18%

How I’m an Indirect Survivor

I Am Not An Alien