With the right information, we can fight the stigma and help the people we know who live with bipolar disorder.
The cycle of social stigma and misinformation compounds the challenges of managing a mental health condition.
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
The Consequences of Stigma Surrounding Schizophrenia
Unpacking Narcissism and Stigma
DID Stories Are Riddled with Stigma: I Want to Tell a More Accurate One
Fighting Internalized Stigma and Changing My Attitude
The Problem with Preaching Gratitude
How Time Line Therapy Has Helped Me
Navigating Depression and Psychosis: The Experience We Rarely Talk About
How My Daughter Reminded Me to Leave My Comfort Zone and Embrace Life
Derealization: The Symptom That Makes the World Feel Unreal
Changing the Conversation about Eating Disorders
Understanding and Managing Psychosis
Navigating My Relationship and Hypergraphia
Recognizing the Lesser-Known Symptoms of Depression
Parenting with a Mental Health Condition
When Trauma Is Triggered at Work
How Music Shaped My Mental Health Journey
How Walking Has Helped Me with My PTSD Recovery
Why Mourning for the Self Is a Necessary Part of Healing
The Importance of Finding Acceptance on My Mental Health Journey
From Pain to Pride: How Writing My Story Helped Heal My Trauma
Adopting a Cat Helped Me Find Recovery
Recent Changes May Affect Access to an Important Medication
How I Developed a Healthy Relationship with Exercise to Help My Mental Health
Finding Reality Through Cartooning
How Finding NAMI Was Pivotal to My Recovery
Learning to Identify and Self-Manage Mania
What I Learned from Experiencing Postpartum OCD and Depression
Listening to the Whispers of Mental Illness Before They Turn into Shouts
Weaving the Threads of Healing Through Writing
How My Husband’s Untreated Symptoms Affected My Anxiety
The Benefit of Support Groups When You Love Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Five Things to Say to a Loved One with Anxiety
What to Do When You Love Someone with Depression
Medications Are Not the Only Way to Treat Depression
How to Talk to Your Teen About Suicide
When I Missed the Signs That My Son Has Schizophrenia
How to Describe Borderline Personality Disorder to Those Who Don’t Understand
Discrimination in Academia
Why Labels Can Be Harmful When You Have Mental Illness
Learning How to Maintain Employment with Bipolar Disorder
How I Dealt with Mental Health Discrimination in the Church
Overcoming Condition-Specific Barriers: Facing Anosognosia
Exploring the Connection Between Trauma Healing and Physical Health
Bipolar Depression: The Lows We Don’t Talk About Enough
How Kate Spade’s Suicide Opened My Eyes to the Impact of Stigma
What Are the Warning Signs of Depression in College Students?
Reclaiming the Memories of My Sister
Asking for and Accepting Help Saved Me
How I Founded The Company I Needed During My Journey with OCD
Veterans’ Mental Health Myths That Should Be Dispelled
Buddhist-Derived Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder
The Truth About Dissociative Identity Disorder
Addressing the Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression for Black Women
Finding my Voice in Therapy as a South Asian
Fighting Gender-Based Harassment and Depression
Accepting My Sexuality in Eating Disorder Recovery
Why We Need Better Representation of Borderline Personality Disorder
The Not So Pretty Version of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
I Thought I Understood My Daughter's Mental Illness, But I Had No Idea
Six Underrated Depictions of PTSD in Movies and TV
Finding Myself in the Main Character of “Prozac Nation”
Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Misrepresented Diagnosis
Learning My Warning Signs Through Each Stage of My Life
How to Predict Your Next Bipolar Episode
Things I Didn’t Expect When I Became a Parent
How a School Project Helped Me Face My Trauma
Understanding Schizophrenia
My Daughter’s First Episode of Psychosis
Anxiety And Fear: What's The Difference?
Myths and Facts of Bipolar Disorder
A Mother’s Reflection Over the Loss of Her Son
A Message for Anyone with a Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness
Redefining My Normal After My Diagnosis
Let My Journey with BPD Be Your Guide (Not Your Blueprint)
How Biking Helped My PTSD
The Power of Delusion
The Pain of Not Seeking Help for My PTSD
How Understanding My OCD Helped Me Manage It
Three Psychiatric Facilities in Seven Weeks
Schizophrenia Does Not Have Me
Zoomed: My Experience with Online Group Therapy
The Voices that Caused Me to Lose Everything
Neuroplasticity II: Recovery After Jail
Neuroplasticity: How I Survived Psychosis and Jail
How the Mental Health System Failed Me
A Plea for Compassion as Someone Who Was Arrested During Psychosis
Reaching Out to a Loved One with Substance Use Disorder
Black History Month: Writing This Triggers My Anxiety
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Helped My Anxiety
Trauma in Children of Latinx Immigrants
My Experience with a Catatonic-like State
Understanding the Symptoms of BPD
Six Self-Care Tips on Overcoming Abuse-Related Trauma
How I Manage the Side Effects of Antipsychotics
Healing from Heartbreak with BPD
The Use of Language and Imagery as a Tool for Managing Anxiety
Making a Difference One Person at a Time
Clinging to Hope During My Son’s Battle with Addiction
Quitting Tobacco with A Mental Illness: What You Need to Know
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