“The internet is losing it’s mind. My mental health is in the toilet. We simply can’t escape it. I am also tired of pretending.”
‘Real talk: I am tired. I’ve gained 20 pounds, and I miss my church family. This isn’t normal. It isn’t okay.’: Woman struggling with mental health says ‘It’s normal to feel done and over it’
‘I can’t do this another day!’ My hands were rotten, my skin so red and thin I could see my bone through it.’: Teen OCD survivor becomes mental health advocate, ‘There’s light at the end of the tunnel’
“’I found her blue,’ my nurse explained. What? How bad was this? My family watched in horror as I destroyed my body and soul. Then something flipped. I just wanted to go home.”
‘She’s afraid one day you’ll pack your stuff and leave because you’ve had enough. She worries about you, more than she worries about herself.’: Woman pens thoughtful message to husband about anxiety
“It’s the fear and the thoughts whirling causing her frustrations. And she wishes it didn’t. Every day is an overwhelming experience for her. And she’s afraid she will lose you.”
‘Your son has severe autism.’ I became a divorced mother of 2 post-diagnosis. Josh welcomed him with open arms.’: Special needs mom, bonus dad urge ‘our love knows no bounds’
“I asked myself, ‘Why would God bless other parents with perfectly healthy children? Why ME?’ Little did I know, divine intervention would bring my future husband into our lives at a time we needed him most. He is their biggest cheerleader, wanting to be involved in everything, like an amazing bonus dad should.”
’You’re too sensitive for this work.’ He was found naked and left for dead. I all but laid myself in front of the car to help.’: Woman rescues children from poverty, ‘There’s nothing I enjoy more’
‘She was alone, abandoned. No one cared for her. ‘I will come back.’ She looked at me awkwardly and said, ‘No one ever comes back.’ My life was threatened. But nothing could stop me.”
‘We held our babies for the first and last time. We entered the hospital pregnant, and left without our baby.’: Woman responds to Chrissy Teigen’s viral child loss post, ‘You are not alone’
“You see those socks on Chrissy Teigen’s feet? I know those socks. It’s a terrible thing we have in common. Because even though our experiences were different, we know the same heartbreak.”
‘Breathe. Mommy is here. You are safe.’ I hate that he has anxiety. I wish I could take it away from him.’: Special needs mom talks anxiety
“Sometimes it comes from nowhere. He will be perfectly happy and then I look in the car mirror and I see the tears begin to form. Every time we go somewhere different, he is riddled with anxiety.”
‘She sent a text: ‘Hey, are you doing that thing where you don’t take my calls?’ I was okay, and I kind of wasn’t.’: Woman struggling with mental health says ‘it’s OK to disappear’
“I disappear a lot. I will be calling my friends, texting my family and the next week… *poof* I’m gone. Last week, friend checked in on me. I was okay, and I kind of wasn’t. ‘Hey you are doing that thing where you don’t take my calls?'”
‘I started bleeding at 6 weeks pregnant. We braced ourselves for familiar bad news. ‘There are TWO heartbeats!’ I immediately burst into tears.’: Mom pregnant with ‘miracle twins’ after 8 pregnancy losses
“We lost 8 babies in a row. Just then, we received an unexpected call from a family member. ‘I’d love to be your surrogate!’ We turned her down. The odds were stacked against us, but we both felt a stirring in our hearts to try again. ‘Well, it’s positive! In fact, it’s VERY positive!’ I immediately burst into tears.”
‘My doctor said, ‘It’s just part of being a woman. You have a lower pain tolerance.’ I was nicknamed ‘drama queen.’: Young woman diagnosed with endometriosis after 7 years of pain
“I always looked 6 months pregnant. My friendships dissolved instantaneously. My stomach was filled all the way from my bowels to my intestines, reaching close to my heart. ‘If you went on any longer, you could have died.’ Still, no one believed my pain.”