“Sometimes I get so lost in my own stress and frustration that I forget my kids can have those big, scary feelings too.”
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“As the man I love changes before my eyes, I try to take in and make the most of each new stage. If I were to ever lose him, I’d want to remember as much of him as I can. The good and the bad.”
Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Almost Took Her Life After No One Helped Her, Now She Saves Countless Lives
“I told myself that as long as I was alive, I’d never let anyone feel alone. That I would be the voice for the voiceless, and lead others to the light I once didn’t believe existed.”
‘I felt like I was walking back into my life with no skin on. Even the most basic question would crack me open.’: Woman shares ‘secret’ burden of grieving miscarriage
“One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. One in four. And when I did hear this? It wasn’t until after I had gotten pregnant.”
‘Nobody tells you how hard it is.’ I realized I am not alone in this experience, in these feelings.’: Mom opens up about postpartum mental health journey
“I turned off the phone. Stopped going on social media. I sat in the depth of this new despair until one day I crawled out of myself to confess, ‘I’m not okay. I’m not okay. I’m not okay.’”
‘You are not weak for needing help,’ my mother-in-law said. ‘It makes you so brave.’: Woman shares lifelong journey with anxiety, mental health
“I am proud of the woman I have become. She is someone I never thought I could amount to.”
South Asian Women With Vitiligo Create Stunning Photoshoot Raising Awareness Of Stigma Within Their Community
“I could see the concern in their faces when they looked at my skin. I could feel their tone changing. It’s like people assumed I was the victim, that I needed to be fixed.”
‘I felt like I was dying. I’ve never been so sick in all my life.’: Woman shares 20-year undiagnosed, untreated Lyme Disease journey
“Chronic neurological Lyme disease is a devastating disease. It has literally stolen everything from me, but it hasn’t taken away my will to live and to fight to find a cure.”
‘After my husband died, I thought trips like these were over for me.’: Widowed mom shares self-realization journey after feeling ‘limited and trapped’
“I felt guilt and shame as I compared myself to other moms on IG who looked so happy and content at home with their children, but what scared me the most was how badly I wanted to leave.”
Dear Moms – I See You On Your Hard Days, Trying To Keep It All Together
“I see you trying to be the calm amongst the storm. I hear you just trying your hardest to be heard.”