Keeping Secrets Is Bad For Your Mental Health
We all have secrets. It’s human nature to have some things you keep for yourself and share with not a soul; but new research has …
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Will My Anorexia Stop Me Going To University?
For the past two years Maya has been in the grip of anorexia. Despite her illness, she wants to move on with her life, so …
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A Crossroad in Gender and Culture: Mental Health & Machismo
My father grew up in Mexico. At the age of six he worked in the fields and lived on a farm. He grew up in …
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Tattoos that Symbolize Battles with Mental Health
We get tattoos when we want to use our body to commemorate something that we stand for. Five individuals who made the decision to get …
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My Dad’s OCD
An excerpt from a piece of creative nonfiction I wrote when I was 20, my own attempt at capturing something of what it was like …
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My Best Friend Saved Me When I Attempted Suicide, But I Didn’t Save Her
The only way I know how to honor her life is to cherish mine.
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I’ve Dropped My Brain
“I can’t write with a dull pencil; I’m really OCD about that.” “God, life sucks; I’m so depressed Game of Thrones is going off the …
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Our Untold Mental Health Story
Since we started working on Subconscious over a year ago, the question “why?” has come up again and again. Our canned response is always some version …
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To Put It Simply: I Am Mentally Ill
I was recently at a dinner with two friends, when we began discussing mental illness and mental health treatment.
All three of us have openly had …
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The Homeless Man is Likely Also Mentally Ill
In the streets of San Francisco, homelessness is a common sight. In the seven block distance on my way to work, I passed by 23 …
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